Analysis

By MWC News

Wisconsin’s Resistance to Assault on Public Sector, the Obama-Sanctioned Crackdown on Activists, and the Distorted Legacy of Ronald Reagan

World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in Wisconsin, how the U.S. deification of former President Ronald Reagan resembles North Korea, and the crackdown on political activists with anti-terror laws and FBI raids.

Read more: Noam Chomsky on 'Democracy Uprising' in the U.S.A.?

By Gideon Polya

Science & Equality demand Climate Socialism for Climate Crisis

Science and equality in the face of a worsening Climate Emergency dictate Eco-Socialism, Climate Socialism and  Green Socialism to save Humanity and the Biosphere. Unaddressed man-made climate change is set to kill 10 billion people this century. Already the species extinction rate is 100-1000 times greater than normal. Sloppy, non-scientist arguments about the asserted greater economic efficiency of capitalism fall flat in the face of capitalism’s failure to address the acute problem of man-made climate change that is increasingly impacting a global avoidable mortality holocaust in which 18 million people die avoidably each year in the  Developing World (excluding China).

Read more: Eco-Socialism & Green Socialism

By MWC News

The Push for State-owned Banks
by Ellen Brown

"It is time to declare economic sovereignty from the multinational banks that are responsible for much of our current economic crisis.  Every year we ship over a billion dollars in Oregon taxpayer dollars to out-of-state and multinational banks in the form of deposits, only to see that money invested elsewhere. It's time to put our money to work for Oregonians."
-- Bill Bradbury, former Oregon Senate President and Secretary of State, quoted  in The Nation

Read more: Restoring Economic Sovereignty

By MWC News

by Khalid Amayreh

Summary

Egypt’s newly created constitutional amendment committee met for the first time Feb. 15 to receive instructions from Field Marshall Gen. Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). The committee is tasked with amending or abolishing six constitutional articles seen by protesters as representative of the oppression of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. This committee is part of the SCAF’s efforts to create the perception that it is leading Egypt in a transition toward democratic rule, but it is also designed to prevent any credible opposition party from having enough time to organize itself in preparation for future elections. The military’s core strategic objective remains the same: to maintain the grip on power it has held since 1952. To do this, it must balance between perception and reality.

Read more: The Task at Hand for Egypt's Constitutional Committee

By Stephen Lendman

They continue in Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, and most recently in Iran and Bahrain, Al Jazeera saying:

"At least one person has been killed and several others injured after (Bahrain) riot police opened fire at protesters holding a funeral service for a man killed (a) day earlier."

Read more: Middle East Protests Continue