Jefferson County, Alabama files largest municipal bankruptcy in US history (E.P. Bannon)

Nov. 17, 2011 (WSWS) -- Jefferson County, Alabama, home to the state’s most populous city of Birmingham, filed bankruptcy Oct. 9. The size of the debt is over $3 billion, making it the largest munici ...

The US is a Police State: Review of 'State Power and Democracy,' by Andrew Kolin (Prof. John McMurtry)

Nov. 9, 2011 (Global Research) -- Global Research Editor's Note: This article by Professor McMurtry had been commissioned by an academic journal called New Politics. Upon receiving Professor McMurtry ...

How Goldman Sacked Greece (Greg Palast)

Nov. 8, 2011 (GregPalast.com) -- Here's what we're told: Greece's economy blew apart because a bunch of olive-spitting, ouzo-guzzling, lazy-ass Greeks refuse to put in a full day's work, retire while ...

Key Lesson from Iceland Crisis is 'Let Banks Fail' (Haukur Holm)

Nov. 8, 2011 (AFP) -- Three years after Iceland's banks collapsed and the country teetered on the brink, its economy is recovering, proof that governments should let failing lenders go bust and prote ...

Nearly 29% Of Mortgaged U.S. Homes Underwater (Jane Hodges)

Nov. 8, 2011 (MSNBC) -- A whopping 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for, according to quarterly data released Tuesday by Zillow, a real es ...

UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top (Matt Taibbi)

Nov. 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Was absolutely mesmerized last night watching the viral video of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying. It was totally amazing, simultaneously one of most depressing and inspi ...

This Is What Revolution Looks Like (Chris Hedges)

Nov. 15, 2011 - NEW YORK (Truthdig) -- Welcome to the revolution. Our elites have exposed their hand. They have nothing to offer. They can destroy but they cannot build. They can repress but they can ...

Finding Freedom in Handcuffs (Chris Hedges)

Nov. 7, 2011 -- New York (Truthdig) -- Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, an activist, an author and a member of a reporting team that won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize, wrote this article after he was release ...

A Master Class in Occupation (Chris Hedges)

Oct. 31, 2011 -- NEW YORK (Truthdig) -- Jon Friesen, 27, tall and lanky with a long, dirty-blond ponytail, a purple scarf and an old green fleece, is sitting on concrete at the edge of Zuccotti Park ...

Rebels on the Street: The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis (David Harvey)

Oct. 28, 2011 (DavidHarvey.org) -- The Party of Wall Street has ruled unchallenged in the United States for far too long. It has totally (as opposed to partially) dominated the policies of Presidents ...

FLATWIRE:How Wall Street Occupied America (Bill Moyers)

Bill Moyers This article is adapted from a speech Bill Moyers gave in October at Public Citizen’s fortieth-anniversary gala. Nov. 2, 2011 (The Nation) -- During the prairie revolt that swept the Grea ...