Greece demonstrators call for Europe-wide protest

I wonder if the US would join in too….. fat chance
ATHENS (Reuters) – Protesters hung banners from the Acropolis in Greece on Wednesday calling for demonstrations across Europe, in the twelfth day of protests since police shot dead a teenager.
“Resistance” read one of the two pink banners in Greek, German, Spanish, and English, which protesters [...]

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Workers Laid Off, Executives Paid Off, Bernard Madoff

This is all I can stomach of this story..
Tom
Posted on Dec 16, 2008
By Amy Goodman
The global financial crisis deepens, with more than 10 million in the U.S. out of work, according to the Department of Labor. Unemployment hit 6.7 percent in November. Add the 7.3 million “involuntary part-time workers,” who want to work full time [...]

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What Blagojevich was doing right Before He was Indicted

Yesterday, we had some fun at the
Governor of Illinois’ expense.
Maybe he deserves it.
On the other hand, there is something
very odd about the timing of his arrest.
The FBI, those paragons of law enforcement
virtue, seem to be operating more as
political enforcers than anything else.
See what the Governor was doing the
day before he was arrested…
Coincidence?
December [...]

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Israels “crimes Against Humanity”

More unspoken news from the US media….WHY??????
Tom
Posted on Dec 15, 2008
By Chris Hedges
Truthdig
Israel’s siege of Gaza, largely unseen by the outside world because of Jerusalem’s refusal to allow humanitarian aid workers, reporters and photographers access to Gaza, rivals the most egregious crimes carried out at the height of apartheid by the South African regime. It [...]

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