Monthly Archives: September 2011

Cracked China?  The Next Shoe to Drop by MIKE WHITNEY CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 The deepening debt crisis in the eurozone and increasingly poor economic data in the US, have overshadowed rapidly deteriorating conditions in the world’s second biggest economy. … Continue reading →

Jailing Doctors in Bahrain High Price of Freedom by PATRICK COCKBURN CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 Bahrain’s military court has sentenced 20 doctors, nurses and paramedics who treated protesters injured during pro-democracy rallies earlier in the year to up to 15 … Continue reading →

Mutiny on the Titanic:  The Crucial Question by URI AVNERY CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 Here is a story that has never been told before: When the Titanic was well out into the Atlantic, its crew mutinied. They demanded higher wages, … Continue reading →

Iraq:  100 Days of Solidarity Occupation Fever by MEDEA BENJAMIN CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 This week marks the beginning of what is supposed to be the final 100 days of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. But if U.S. troops are … Continue reading →

Beyond Bolonga:  Big Brother and the Banksters by LINH DINH CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 At the Wall Street protest, a young woman carried a sign, “REVOLUTION IS FUN,” and I don’t doubt that she was having a great time, because … Continue reading →

When More Means Less:  The Elites and the Pentagon Budget by WINSLOW T. WHEELER CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 The stench of elitism is permeating Washington, just as it did a decade ago when everyone of consequence bought the proposition that … Continue reading →

U.S. Lags Far Behind in Worker Protection Estonia, My Estonia by DAVID MACARAY CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 If you were wondering where the United States ranks, relative to the rest of the world, in the general category of “worker protection,” … Continue reading →

“An Important Irritant”:  The Shameful Words of the Palmer Report by JEREMY SALT CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 Ankara. In September 2010, the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Council issued a report on the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara. It … Continue reading →

50 Years of Poisoning:  Agent Orange on Okinawa by JON MITCHELL CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 “Without Okinawa, we cannot carry on the Vietnam war.” – Admiral Ulysses Sharp, Commander of U.S. Pacific Forces, December 1965. During the 1960s and ‘70s, … Continue reading →

From Heroes to Pigs:  The Metamorphosis of the NYPD by DAVE LINDORFF CounterPunch.org September 31-32, 2011 Probably the biggest accomplishment of the Occupy Wall Street movement to date has not been the light these courageous and indomitable young activists have … Continue reading →