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US-Turkish tensions and the Israeli assault on the Gaza flotilla
By Alex Lantier, June 11, 2010
The standoff that has developed between Turkey and Israel over Israel’s deadly assault on a flotilla delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza highlights the explosive consequences of the breakdown o...
Obama defends Israel as tactical shift prepared on Gaza blockade
By Patrick O’Connor, June 11, 2010
President Barack Obama’s meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Wednesday again demonstrated US complicity with the Israeli government and its crimes.
Scientists increase flow rate estimate
Oil spill reaches Alabama, Florida inland waterway
By David Walsh, June 11, 2010
Scientists released a significantly higher estimate of the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, poisoning the environment and damaging the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people.
BP and government authorities collude to suppress reality of oil spill
By David Walsh, June 11, 2010
Numerous accounts confirm that BP, in collusion with the Obama administration and various federal agencies, is attempting to block information about the extent of the damage wreaked on the Gulf Coast ...
Warning of famine in West Africa
By Barry Mason, June 11, 2010
The United Nations World Food Programme warns that 10 million people across the Sahel region of West Africa could face famine over the next few months.
Unions push through wage cutting deal at Ford Australia
By Patrick O’Connor, June 11, 2010
With the assistance of the unions, Ford Australia has succeeded in imposing a deal that undermines pay and conditions at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants in the state of Victoria.
Canada’s social democrats ally with right-wingers in BC anti-tax campaign
By Vic Neufeld, June 11, 2010
British Columbia’s Liberal government is caught in the midst of a political storm unleashed by its attempts to “harmonize” the provincial sales tax with the federal government’s Goods and Serv...
British prime minister outlines drastic cuts in public spending
By Jordan Shilton, June 10, 2010
On Monday, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron called for drastic cuts in public spending to tackle Britain’s budget deficit.
Spain: Strikes and protests greet PSOE austerity measures
By Paul Stuart, June 10, 2010
On Tuesday, 2 million public sector workers participated in strikes and demonstrations against the austerity policies of social-democratic Prime Minister Jose Luiz Zapatero.
Obama, Democrats abandon stimulus for austerity
By Barry Grey, June 10, 2010
With long-term unemployment at its highest level since records began in the 1940s, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders are abandoning even the wholly inadequate economic stim...
More doubts over spill rate
By Tom Eley, June 10, 2010
Evidence continues to mount that the rate of the spill advanced by the Obama administration last week—12,000 to 19,000 barrels—vastly underestimates its actual dimensions.
Government scientists confirm massive oil plumes
BP issues denial
By Tom Eley, June 10, 2010
Government scientists on Tuesday confirmed the existence of massive underwater plumes of oil creating large oxygen-starved and poisoned “dead zones” in the Gulf.
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