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What is the Future of the UN?
 Guillermo Ramón Adames y Suari
This is certainly one of the most difficult political questions that everybody asks but no one dear to even consider a possible answer. And this is certainly one of my most difficult articles. Don't take me wrong, I gave my life to the UN out of my own will because I believed in its goals. So, let's try to find an answer.
California Socialist Party USA Endorses March 4th to Defend Education
 Stewart A. Alexander
On Monday, the California Socialist Party USA endorsed the March 4th national demonstrations to defend education; on that day, demonstrations will occur nationwide to protest escalating tuition fees, layoffs, cuts and attacks on education.
Fighting Back: Ridding America of the Warmongers
 Sherwood Ross
Disgusted Americans who vote for politicians that talk peace yet, once elected, support wars, need to get active in between elections. Just voting every four years won't hack it.
Rainbow Row
 Sean Goforth
Constitutions and the Catholic Church pose significant barriers to a watershed of same-sex marriages in the region. In Mexico, social liberalization in the capital has, so far, engendered sweeping conservative backlash.
Strange Days Indeed
 William Rivers Pitt
I know, I know, the decade doesn't really end until next year, but whatever to that. The calendar police can come and arrest me, because I'm calling this damnable decade over and done with first thing Friday morning. To hell with it, and anything that looks like it. The odometer is rolling, and I say good riddance to bad rubbish.
Once in a New Year's Eve Blue Moon
 Cristine Russell
As you ring in the New Year, take your glass of champagne and toast the blue moon in the sky above. It's a once in a generation thing, a rare astronomical happening that reminds us that while life is highly unpredictable, the heavens are not.
Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law?
 Andy McCarthy
You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law.
Obama, an “F” in Political Theory
 Atilio Boron
Obama took some courses in political theory at Harvard. But the speech he gave upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize - an undeserved distinction that still arouses reactions ranging from amusement to indignation - reveals that he did not learn the subject well and that his flawed interpretation of the doctrine of "Just War" merits an "F" in political theory. (ver en español)
Mexico: Fueling Inflation
 The News
For the second time in December, the Felipe Calderon Administration increased the price of gasoline to $7.80 pesos a liter for the regular Magna. Levying this new tax will surely not bring sympathy for President Calderon, who last January swore that gas prices would not be increased during 2009.
Gay Marriage in Mexico City
 Sean Goforth
Mexico City taking a step forward could result in Mexico taking two steps back. The fight for gay marriage may well impede the recognition of civil unions, a meaningful half-step.
Health Care 'Reform' is Obama's Waterloo
 Doug Thompson
If the bastard child of the Senate legislative morass that passed on a 60-40 party line vote becomes law it will stand in history as the benchmark of failure for Obama's over-promised, under-performing, one-term Presidency.
 Subliminal Marketing in Mexico
 The News
Mexicans celebrate Fools' Day on December 28. This special day consists of a tricking someone into believing a lie deceiving a person and making a fool of a friend or relative and having a good laugh in the process.
Hate Crimes for Christmas
 Brenda Norrell
Hate crimes against African-Americans and the number of hate groups increased in the United States during this decade, according to US statistics. But what of the hate crimes on the US/Mexico border, where white Border Patrol agents kill people of color in cold blood?
Mexico v. Terror
 NYPost
It should be of exceeding concern to the United States when barbarism typical of al Qaeda takes place just south of the border.
Mexican Drug War Success Hangs on Targeting Overlords
 Patrick Corcoran
Eliminating another bunch of kingpins would surely cause more bloodshed in the near term, but as long as the most famous capos operate with utter impunity, organized crime will remain a grave problem in Mexico.
An Open Letter to Felipe Calderon
 Abdul Brinson
Greetings Mr President. I have scanned over news on the Internet and became aware of the unfortunate incident that occurred in Villahermosa, Mexico. The four suspected members of a cartel aligned hit squad have been arrested in the slaying of family members of a Mexican marine.
Gov. Candidate Alexander: Who is Running A.G. Jerry Brown's Office?
 Peace and Freedom Party 2010
The Democratic Party frontrunner for California Governor, Jerry Brown, has some explaining to do, about coving-up illegal phone recordings and about his staff lying to federal judges; according to Stewart Alexander, a Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for California Governor.
Don't Blame Illegals
 Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the process of crafting a budget for the coming fiscal year that must close a nearly $21-billion gap between expected revenue and required spending, so a little lashing out is understandable. But he's seen enough disastrous budget years now to know how readily and wrongly many people blame the state's problem on illegal immigration.
A Dad's Point-of-View: Christmas Trees, Menorahs, and Being Apart (on Christmas)
 Bruce Sallan
This holiday season my wife and I will celebrate our first year of marriage on separate continents. As we are different races and religions, there are usually challenges we encounter at this time of year, so maybe being 7,000 miles apart will make it easier...
No Public Option, No Bill?
 The Real News Network
David Swanson: Will progressives shoot down a healthcare bill that lacks a public option?
Trillions Of Troubles Ahead
 Bert Dohmen
Not too long ago, a billion dollars in a governmental budget was a lot of money. Then we got into hundreds of billions. People understood that this was a lot, just because of all the zeros. Now, unfortunately, the number has become small: the world "trillion," as in $1.2 trillion for health care reform, seems so tiny. But it has 12 zeroes behind it, which is so easy to forget.
Climate Change: History Was Not Made
 Stephen Leahy
There is no Copenhagen climate treaty. History was not made here and no deal was sealed. After two years of intense negotiations by 193 countries, what is abundantly clear is the enormous divide between the rich and poor countries.
President Calderon is to Blame for Mexico’s Bloody Drug War
 Jorge Castaneda
Just like Bush’s invasion of Iraq, Mexico’s drug war was a war of choice. It was a war that Calderon should not have declared, that cannot be won, and it is doing enormous damage to Mexico.
Huge Response to Indict Bush Washington D.C. Bus Ad Initiative!
 IndictBushNow.org
What an amazing response! In just one short week, the Indict Bush bus ad initiative got a resounding show of support from people across the country.
Bringing the World Out of Denial: The Power of Passion, The Fallacy of Fear
 James A. Cusumano
Although most people are aware of the devastating consequences of critical global issues such as oil depletion, climate change, nuclear proliferation, and poverty, why are we are doing so little to address them as the clock ticks forward? Many of us are in disbelief or denial, perhaps hoping there will be no ill effects in our lifetime – if ever. Why?
Noam Chomsky - Honduras
 SocialistWorker.org
History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras - Professor Noam Chomsky PhD. Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 12-15-09.
Olbermann: Ruined Senate Bill Unsupportable
 MSNBC
Finally, as promised, a Special Comment on the latest version of H-R 35-90, the Senate Health Care Reform bill. To again quote Churchill after Munich, as I did six nights ago on this program: "I will begin by saying the most unpopular and most unwelcome thing: that we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat, without a war."
Environmentalism in the Third Reich
 Jurriaan Maessen
With COP15 well underway, we are witnessing the complete mutilation of freedom worldwide. When lord Christopher Monckton was rudely interrupted by chanting automatons the other day, he was quite right to refer to them as “Hitler Youth”. Why?
Climate Crock Sacks Hack Attack
 The Real News Network
13 years of emails and this is the best they can do? A commentary by Peter Sinclair.
Paul Craig Roberts on Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
 The Real News Network
Roberts: Nothing is worse then to establish legally that the rulers are not subject to law.
For Mexico's Calderón, Cabinet Moves Reflect Loyalist Bias
 Patrick Corcoran
On Dec. 9, Mexican President Felipe Calderón tabbed Finance Minister Agustín Carstens to head the nation's central bank, known as Banxico. Carstens replaces Guillermo Ortiz, a highly respected official who had occupied the post for 12 years.
American Principle Is Power
 Lt. Col. Barry Wingard
The fact that we must treat prisoners in a humane manner is not a hindrance to the mission - it is part of the mission and a source of great pride among US military personnel.
Mexican President Must Discard Cronyism and Face Reality
 Patrick Corcoran
Halfway through his six-year term, Mexican President Felipe Calderón reminds one of an enigmatic NFL team stuck at 4-4. The season is not yet lost, but some good breaks are going to be needed for this campaign to be more than middling.
Obama Declares War On Pakistan
 Webster G. Tarpley
Obama's West Point speech of December 1 represents far more than the obvious brutal escalation in Afghanistan - it is nothing less than a declaration of all-out war by the United States against Pakistan.
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