Josh Kilbourn: Raising Debt Ceiling, US Troops Into Libya, Undeclared War on Iran…

Let’s see, 12,000 US troops going into Libya?  Undeclared war on Iran?  Absolute US guarantee of energy supply for Israel “no matter what?”  Whatever could we be borrowing money for? Obama Sends Request To Congress For $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase Update: HOUSE TO VOTE JAN. 18 ON OBAMA’S DEBT-LIMIT INCREASE REQUEST Two days ago …

Susan Lindauer: IRAQ – The Legacy of Deception and Its Costs

IRAQ: THE LEGACY OF DECEPTION AND ITS COSTS Susan Lindauer, Former CIA Back Channel to Iraq at the United Nations Most Americans are astonished to discover that right up to 9/11, the CIA was developing a “Real Politik” vision of Iraq that recognized the fast approaching collapse of U.N. Sanctions. The CIA was preparing for …

Michael Bauwens: Occupy Movement Alive and Well

Flurry of local #OccupyWallStreet actions and successes show strength and staying power of movement Excerpted via Rose Aguilar: ” the movement is far from dead. Here in California, the movement is exploding. In a recent study called “Diffusion of the Occupy Movement in California,” UC Riverside researchers surveyed 482 incorporated towns and cities in California …