The Real News'Free markets' depend on state intervention
Leo Panitch: US state plays role of defending global financial system, it had to act in this crisis
The encirclement of Russia
Chalmers Johnson: "We have to back down unless we are looking for real confrontation with Russia" Pt 3
Strategic voting in Canada
Barry Kay: Without splitting the left-of-centre vote, Conservatives could not form the government
Americans and reality
Robert Parry: The Reagan presidency further detached Americans from world reality - Pt3
Russia Bolivia ink helicopter deal
Forrest Hylton: There used to be a recognition of US spheres of influence - all that is over
Last days of the American Republic?
Chalmers Johnson: USA must cut back on military spending and build green infrastructure or face ruin Pt2
What do the Taliban want in Pakistan?
Dr. Tariq Amin-Khan: Taliban seek to gain popular support by inciting Pakistani military Pt.4
Will a new US President mean a new foreign policy?
Gareth Porter: McCain subscribes to extreme neocon ideas, but Obama is not a break with the past Pt.5
Conflict in Pakistan
Beena Sarwar: Over the last few years the agenda of local militants and the Taliban have converged
Bailout denounced as it passes Congress
Bailout bill no relief on foreclosures as159,000 more jobs were lost in September, markets down again
Massive US military budget passed
Chalmers Johnson: US wrong to believe it can maintain both a military and civilian economy
America pays the piper, big time Pt. 2
Robert Parry: Reagan told the American people the magic of the market will work
Smoke and CO2: How to spin global warming
ANP: On the organized effort to cast doubt on climate change
The banality of it all
Paul Jay and Pepe Escobar search for meaning in the VP debate
VP Debate: Dispatch from Palin Land
ANP: At St. Louis VP debate, McCain campaign rented out a stadium to re-energize the conservative base
Palin's Apocalypse
ANP: Would biblical prophecies influence Palin's foreign policy positions? Nobody's asking her so far.
New head of ISI; Karzai calls for Taliban talks
Eric Margolis: Political stability is unattainable in Afghanistan without dialog with the Taliban
Global meltdown: Pakistan and the Taliban
Tariq Khan: Pakistan on the brink - the economic crisis Pt. 3
Bailout denied: What now?
Conn Carroll and Sam Greenfield debate the nature of the crisis and government's role in resolving it.
Bailout must be combined with structural reform
Doug Henwood: Public ownership and public interest financing must be part of a solution to the crisis
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