Today, Governor Jerry Brown released the details of his new budget proposal. Now that property taxes and income taxes have been paid, the state looked at its revenue. California brought in $6.6 billion more than what the initial budget had expected. So this means,...
The Obama administration announced last week that the U.S. military has killed Osama Bin Laden. The media and the politicians want us to feel avenged as we are forced to relive on television the devastation of the September 11th attacks. Those who lost loved ones...
From the politicians and the media, we are told the worst of the crisis is over and the economy is recovering. We are supposed to be relieved by the record-breaking profits of U.S. banks and corporations. Meanwhile, unemployment has still not improved, average wages...
May 1st, May Day, is a day of international workers solidarity. It is a day when workers around the world will take to the streets and show their common struggle for a better life for all. International Workers’ Day started in the US in the 1880s, with the struggle...
In a year where U.S. corporations have made record profits, and where U.S. military spending has expanded to record levels, we are told that working and poor people have to share the burden for budget deficits. Isn’t it a strange idea of sharing when those who...
