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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Superfluous People

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Saturday, July 28, 2012. In 1992 Noam Chomsky, perhaps the most brilliant living U.S. world affairs thinker, in What Uncle Sam Really Wants. Offered the key to understanding the Financial Crisis of 2008. Back in 1992, Chomsky was thinking about U.S. foreign policy. Unfortunately for Americans, what Washington does to other societies paves the way for how the U.S. elite treats the American people. According to Chomsky:. Latin America to the West. The New York Times. Soft Skull Press, 2011), 54-55.]. Since...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Policy Process Fairness

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Sunday, August 12, 2012. To make effective policy and to understand what game policy-makers are playing, process. Must be distinguished from policy. Is a search for peace, but the process. Is seen by the adversary as intentionally designed to put them at a disadvantage, the result is likely to be violence. One may imagine the landscape of possible public policies by a state as a function of the fairness of the domestic and foreign policy processes (theoretical introduction here. Responded to Occupy prote...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Israel Radicalizes U.S. Politics

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Israel Radicalizes U.S. Politics. Clearly, a war against. Would be bad news, but even if war is avoided, the crisis atmosphere being generated by Israeli politicians is causing severe long-term damage to the national security of all involved states – the. Many observers have warned that a. Would be a disaster far worse than the. Americans need to remember the lessons of the. We did not win. Whether or not the. Was defeated outright in its attempt to conquer and occupy. Foreign...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Neo-liberal Crisis Threatens Peru

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Friday, August 10, 2012. Neo-liberal Crisis Threatens Peru. With presumed populist Humala taking a corporatist stand. Rhetoric is hardening on both sides, and no one appears able to define the struggle between the rural poor and international gold mining interests in a positive-sum manner. Shows the natural beauty of the Cajamarca region. On August 8 and warned Humala not to “ hide behind the priests. 8221; before lifting the state of emergency, far from. 8217; demand for action by the mining corporation.

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Class War

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In the midst of a class war? What is "class war"? How would you know you are under attack? Don't our leaders protect us? Key Victories of the Super-Rich:. 1978 - Capital Gains Tax Cut and Payroll Taxes Raised. 1978 - Bill to Establish Office of Consumer Representation Defeated. 1993 - Stock Option Reform Defeated:. 1998 - Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Prevented From Regulating Derivatives. 2000 - Gramm, Clinton Abolish Glass-Steagall. 99-104 - "The real challenge is how to save the homes of...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Learning to Govern...from Wolves!

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Thursday, October 15, 2009. Learning to Govern.from Wolves! Even wolves seem to govern themselves better than the U.S. has been doing recently. Compare this wisely flexible social sophistication with the winner-take-all attitude that has been gaining increasing domination over. Society during the last decade or two. In the. And wolves have had the reputation of being wild and uncivilized beasts! A foreign policy based on the military suppression, with endless slaughter of noncombatants, of social movemen...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: From American Dream to American Illusion

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012. From American Dream to American Illusion. Rising government acceptance of corporate corruption, intensifying corporate control over politics, rising preference in. For a foreign policy based on force rather than diplomacy, and accentuation of class divisions with rising inequality in the. Four core trends have combined fundamentally to alter the course of. Society have tragically dimmed. Individuals have reacted with resignation by opting out of politics (precisely what the...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Israeli Settler Terror: It's Official

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Saturday, August 18, 2012. Israeli Settler Terror: It's Official. If Netanyahu's political allies in the West Bank are committing terrorism, the U.S. may still defend Israeli security, but why is it cooperating with the Netanyahu regime? In a major step toward an honest public evaluation of Israel, the State Department has finally recognized the existence of organized violence against Palestinian residents by the (illegal*) Israeli settlers as "terrorism.". Even though the characterization of behavior by...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Democracy or War?

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Thursday, August 9, 2012. Attitude toward democracy and war seem critical factors in the evolution of the U.S., judging from four core trends currently evident: rising corporate control, rising corruption, rising elite preference for war over negotiation, and the strengthening of class divisions. ( Part I of this series. On the future prospects of the U.S. discussed the four trends.). The four core trends in the socio-economic and political evolution of. 8217;s Cochabama campaign. How often a state can d...

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Shadowed Forest of World Politics: The Algerian Warning

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Monday, August 27, 2012. Ignored by the West at its peril, dismissed as a unique case of both Islamist and regime viciousness,. Can also be viewed as a warning to the comfortable West of things to come:. Are two sides of the neo-liberal coin: the rich exist on a foundation of exploitation. While perhaps true as far as it goes, that static perspective conceals a more threatening reality:. Is the end point of neo-liberalism, the. In the 1970s the beginning. Society would be a dangerous delusion. 8221; [thu...