Why are children still dying in Iraq?

According to doctors in Baghdad, countless numbers children are dying of cancer due to exposure from Depleted Uranium. This poison was used in the US led war in Iraq over two decades ago. Read more about the humanitarian crisis here:

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Americas Quest for Global Dominance

According to Noam Chomsky, America is just as much a terrorist state as any other government or rogue organization. Check out the link here.

The Story of Broke

The United States isn't really broke, we are the richest country in the planet. Our public money has just been hijacked. A better future IS possible, we just have to step out of consumer role and occupy a citizen role. We have enough money, we just have to remind our leaders that American citizens have the power to influence them. This mini film, "The Story of Broke" calls for a shift in government spending in order to create jobs and save the environment. And who wouldn't want that? Check out the link here!

A Generation of Students in Debt

By the end of the year, the student loan debt will surpass $1 trillion. Thats more than all of the credit card debt combined.

Young college students accept home mortgage size debts before they even have a stable income.

With the passing of the 2005 bankrupcy bill, a student cannot be discharged from a loan debt even if they declare bankrupcy.

So now what? America has created a generation of wage slaves. And with the student loan bubble as the next to break, the payers will be suffer the consequences.

With the unemployment rate skyrocketing, most of these students do not have the means to pay. And if they do win decent jobs, most of their earning will go toward paying their student debt. So in other words, the banks will win fabulous profits.

The heart of the problem: American students have been scammed. Fooled into thinking that a pricey education is key to their success, they have signed away their financial freedom. These for profit colleges have pushed students into crushing debt.

Ever since Goldman Sachs bought the for profit college chain in 2006, things have looked sketchy. Its yet another example of how rich and powerful institutions exploit the young, the minorites and the poor for a profit.

And then we wonder why people march in the streets

Four billionaire vultures to pick the next American president

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The pointless war in Afghanistan

Ten years of war and wasted time. After $450 billion spent, 1600 dead and 15,000 seriously injured soldiers, America has not achieved its strategic or political goals.

Even the US installed Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said that Americas war has been “ineffective, apart from causing civilian casualties.”

America is unable to stabilize Afghanistan because of ethnic politics. The minorities, Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara, oppose the Pashtun majority.

Most of the members of the police and army forces and Tajiks and Uzbek, causing unrest among the Pashtun. They see the other ethnic groups as bitter enemies.

And on top of this, Afghanistan produces 93% of the worlds heroin. The drug business there is booming, and is backed by high government officials and US backed warlords. So the US is backing the worlds largest narco state.

The war in Afghanistan has lasted longer than the two world wars. And it seems like the US has no plans of backing out soon. They recently started building an $800 million dollar embassy in Kabul...their largest embassy in the world.

The US faces the possibility of defeat or stalemate in Afghanistan. To save face, they have been trying to force India into the conflict, insuring the region another decade of suffering and misery.

Obama and Class Warfare

This week US President Obama said that the wealthy should pay part of the cost of deficit reducing policies. This is obvious, as they currently pay remarkably little in taxes. Representative Paul Ryan declared this an act of ¨class warfare.¨

Of course the wealthy would call themselves the victims. After all, those like Paul Ryan want to prevent the rich from bearing the debt burden.

Between the years 1979 and 2005, the wealth of the top 1% of income distribution rose more than 480%. Let us bear in mind that the wealth of middle class Americans rose 21%.

Do the wealthy seem like the victims now?

According to the Tax Policy Center, the top 1% pay income and payroll tax of about 13%. That means that their tax burden is far less than that of the middle class.

The wealthy should pay more taxes because they have more money to spend. Those agreeing with Paul Ryan should bear in mind that their cries of ¨social warfare¨ is actually a plea for social contract exemption. They want to be exempt from paying tax to save the finances of the struggling economy, while the middle and lower classes empty out their wallets. That means that a tiny number of people want out of the social contract. This is what class warfare looks like.