Monthly Archives: April 2011

A Victory for Labor The NLRB Throws Down a Gaunlet By DAVID MACARAY CounterPunch.org April 28, 2011 With all the bad news organized labor has received recently—and there’s been plenty of it, from attacks on the collective bargaining rights of … Continue reading →

Corporate America’s War on Political Transparency Profiting From Secrecy By ROBERT WEISSMAN CounterPunch.org April 28, 2011 It’s a modest notion. Companies that bid for government contracts should disclose their campaign spending, in order to diminish the likelihood that contracts are … Continue reading →

Layton’s Surge:  Turning Shoppers Into Intentional Citizens By MURRAY DOBBIN CounterPunch.org April 28, 2011 The flurry of poll-driven news like this and t:his last week, suggesting an unprecedented surge in support for the NDP, has stunned political commentators and given … Continue reading →

Canada’s Participation in the Global Arms Race Illusion of choice: Shared commitment to armament by Canada’s federal political parties by Kevin Afanasiff Global Research April 29, 2011 Throughout Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s term, Canada’s current account balance has fallen from … Continue reading →

The Syrian chessboard By Pepe Escobar THE ROVING EYE Asia Times April 28, 2011 Ironies in the Middle East come bathed in arsenic; the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria lifts a state of emergency in effect for 48 years just … Continue reading →

Pakistan stares at Bush’s pledges By MK Bhadrakumar Asia Times April 29, 2011 It overshadowed a shake-up of Barack Obama’s top security team and the mowing down of nine American servicemen at Kabul airport by an irate Afghan. The Wall … Continue reading →

The men behind Mumbai terror attack M.K.Bhadrakumar Diplomatic Perspective April 25, 2011 The wheel of justice may turn slowly, but one would like to believe that it does turn inexorably. If so, the terrorism trial that is set to begin … Continue reading →

Where Gaddafi is still loved By Al Labita Asia Times April 29, 2011 MANILA – At 71, Usman Kamlon was arguably too old to be on the front lines of a sometimes violent anti-war protest rally. But he was undaunted, … Continue reading →

US caught in Syrian dilemma By Victor Kotsev Asia Times April 29, 2011 TEL AVIV – “Let Obama come and take Syria,” a resident of the city of Daraa told the BBC in despair on Tuesday in reference to United … Continue reading →

Ice melts in Iran’s cold war with Egypt By Robert Tait Asia Times April 29, 2011 The 2,400 kilometers or so separating Cairo from Tehran might have been enough to keep relations at arm’s length. But for the past three … Continue reading →