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The questions of U.S. imperialism, economic hegemony and corporate control of the world’s resources are the subject of massive popular discussion in a time of escalating conflict, inequality and deepening economic stagnation. With the possible threat of a further U.S.-led invasion, the American people are placed in a role of critical responsibility and must now lead the way in fostering greater international cooperation.

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United States: "A Revolution is Just Below the Surface"

Chomsky 6th October 07 - Eva Golinger interviews Noam Chomsky, Venezualanalysis.com

On September 21, 2007, I had the extraordinary opportunity to interview Noam Chomsky in his office at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The interview will be aired on Venezuelan and Latin American television as part of the promotion for the III International Book Fair in Venezuela, which this year focuses on the theme: "United States: Is Revolution Possible?" The transcription of the interview follows.

Global Consensus, Not Global Conquest

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 27th September 07 - Amy Goodman, Truthdig.com

As world leaders gather this week to address the United Nations General Assembly, President Bush’s refusal to negotiate on the two key issues of our day—war and global warming—has been stunning. And the media haven’t helped. Focusing on whether Columbia University should have invited Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak, the Bush administration’s drumbeat for war with Iran goes unchallenged. Let this not be a reprise of the war on Iraq.

The American Conundrum

American Eagle 17th September 07 - Dr. Zeki Ergas ~ STWR Contributing Writer

In the 111 years between 1890 (the brutal murder of the Dakota Indians) and 2001 (the punitive expedition to Afghanistan after 9/11), there have been throughout the world 133 interventions by the U.S. (direct military, or hatched by the C.I.A. with local collaborators) which resulted between 12 million to 16 million people losing their lives. 70 of those interventions took place after the Second World War - Johan Galtung [1]

American Economy: R.I.P.

US dollars 13th September 07 - Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch.org

The US economy continues its slow death before our eyes, but economists, policymakers, and most of the public are blind to the tottering fabled land of opportunity.

Seven Years in Hell: On Body Counts, Dead Zones, and an Empire of Stupidity

7th September 07, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

On August 22nd, breaking into his Crawford vacation, the President addressed the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, giving what is already known as his "Vietnam speech." That day, George W. Bush, who, as early as 2003, had sworn that his war on Iraq would "decidedly not be Vietnam," took the full-frontal plunge into the still-flowing current of the Big Muddy, fervently embracing Vietnam analogy-land. You could almost feel his relief (and that of his neocon speechwriters).

New Film on STWR - The War on Democracy by John Pilger

3rd Sept 07, John Pilger

America likes to talk about "spreading democracy", but in his latest film John Pilger argues that the US is actually stifling its progress. The War on Democracy shows that the principles of democracy can be found more readily among the poorest people of Latin America than anywhere near the corridors of the White House. It features an exclusive interview with Hugo Chávez and Pilger also speaks to former US government officials who claim the CIA waged covert wars in Latin America. Through this film, Pilger conveys his central belief in the enduring power of the people.

Watch The War on Democracy here

36.5 million live in poverty in United States

3rd Sept 07, Daily Times (Pakistan)

WASHINGTON: More than one in ten Americans, or 36.5 million people, live in poverty in the United States, with children and blacks the worst hit, an annual report by the US Census Bureau showed Tuesday.

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