Friday, 3. September 2010, 16:45
Antiwar Newswire
Abbott abandons plans to sell vaccines business
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82548532&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Drug and medical device firm Abbott Laboratories says it has abandoned plans to sell its vaccines unit, less than three months after exploring sales talks with rival companies.
Friday, 3. September 2010, 13:20
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal - International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Socialism and the right to daydream
 By Billy Wharton August 31, 2010 -- A recent study featured in the Los Angeles Times suggests that daydreaming or other such unstructured mental activities might play a key role in mental well being. Unknowingly, this study promotes a prime potential of a democratic socialist society – the right to free time. While capitalism, especially in its current neoliberal incarnation, stresses never-ending productivity, a human-centred socialist system would allow for more free time. Studies have apparently demonstrated that unstructured thought allows the human brain to develop its default m ...
Friday, 3. September 2010, 08:00
Antiwar.com Original
Middle East: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
JERUSALEM – As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high. It’s precisely why the talks may just succeed. That, however, may be overly optimistic. Even if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is genuine [...] ...
Friday, 3. September 2010, 05:44
CLB -
The Nation: China in the Driver's Seat
China Labour Bulletin is quoted in the following article. Copyright remains with the original publisher. Robert Dreyfuss 20 September 2010 Sitting at a sidewalk coffee shop a block from the White House, Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, is reflecting on a series of visits he's made since 2002 to China, where he has discussed organizing and collective bargaining with leaders of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU). China's economic transformation is a profound challenge to the United States, and to American workers in particular, Stern says.
Friday, 3. September 2010, 03:56
Workers World news online
California’s foreclosure crisis & racism
California is in a state of economic emergency on many fronts. Not only does official unemployment hover around 12 percent, but approximately 702,000 homes — nearly 1 in 8 — are currently in foreclosure.
Friday, 3. September 2010, 03:12
Party for Socialism and Liberation Stories
Forum/Foro: The River Ran Red/El Rio Corri de Roja
 Esta junta estará disponible en españolPara leer este email en español, haz clic aquíPSL Forum and discussionThe 1892 Homestead Steelworkers’ StrikeThe River Ran Red Friday, September 3, 7pm The River Ran Red chronicles the 1892 strike of steelworkers in Homestead, Penn., the effects on the community and the labor union, the role of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick in one of the most bitter struggles in U.S. history between labor and the capitalist bosses . This strike laid the basis for many labor victories to come. Join in a discussion ...
Thursday, 2. September 2010, 23:14
Articles » peoplesworld
Another oil rig explodes
 Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard said the explosion threw workers off the rig, into the water. The report said there was one injury and no deaths, with all 13 workers accounted for. Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel, who confirmed the injury for the press at 11:48 a.m. ET, said he did not know the extent of the worker's injury. The Coast Guard said it did not know whether the explosion had caused an oil leak into the Gulf. The platform is located west of the April Deepwater Horizon explosion t ...
Thursday, 2. September 2010, 20:22
Electronic Intifada
Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
 And just as Israel has gradually increased restrictions of where we can go, the boundaries of what is permissible to do as a Palestinian have narrowed markedly. We have reached a point where peaceful protest is unacceptable to the Israeli state and military legislation has been constructed to criminalize and throw in jail anyone who dares to publicly voice dissent. Mohammed Khatib comments.
Thursday, 2. September 2010, 17:40
In Defence of Marxism
Britain: Labour Leadership Election
 The Labour leadership election contest will be ending in September as the ballot papers finally go out. It could have been an opportunity to discuss a balance-sheet of the right-wing control of the party under New Labour and an opportunity to discuss a socialist programme in face of the worst capitalist crisis since the 1930s. However, the contest has left most people cold.
Thursday, 2. September 2010, 17:39
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran - Working for International Dialogue and Peace
Unrepentant Tony Blair Calls for Iran Attacks
 Summary: BlairBack in the public eye with the release of his memoirs, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair might lead one to believe it is 2003 all over again. Praising George W. Bush as a great leader and one of the most decisive men he had ever met, Blair also lauds the Iraq War. source: AntiWar.comread more ...
Thursday, 2. September 2010, 07:00
Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Slovak government urged to end segregation for Romani children
Amnesty International is urging the Slovak government to immediately end the segregation of Romani children in the country’s education system ...
Tuesday, 31. August 2010, 21:08
Norman G. Finkelstein
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