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Critical Analysis
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Naomi Klein , The Nation
How Socialism Protected Chileans from Earthquake Fall-out
Ever since deregulation caused a worldwide economic meltdown in
September 2008 and everyone became a Keynesian again, it hasn't been
easy to be a fanatical fan of the late economist Milton Friedman. So
widely discredited is his brand of free-market fundamentalism that his... » read this article
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Patrick O’Connor , WSWS
2 March 2010
The reaction of governments around the world to the murder of Hamas member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month underscores the extent to which basic precepts of international law have been torn up under the “war on terror”. As far as the US government and its allies... » read this article
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Nicola Nasser , PNN
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill’s warning on February 18 that it could take months to form a new government in Baghdad after the Iraqi elections, scheduled for March 7, and that in turn could mean considerable political turmoil in Iraq, and the warnings of observers and experts as well as officials... » read this article
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Peter Schwarz , WSWS
Editor's comment: The EU attack on Greece, now underway, is a prime example of how national borders and sovereignty have been erased by the European Union. Greece joined the European Union and on January 1, 1981 and surrendered its currency, drachmas, for the euro on January 1, 2001. According to... » read this article
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K. Ratnayake , WSWS
16 February 2010
The rapid moves by the Sri Lankan government towards a police state not only spell danger for the working class on this island, but are a warning to workers around the world. As debt crises erupt in country after country and governments encounter resistance to the savage... » read this article
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