Was Yesterday’s Stock Market “Glitch” Really Big Banking Blackmail?

by Scott Creighton The White House gets its way again. They get their way on two measures that would have given the people at least a little control of the “too big too fail” banking system. But how they got it, well that might just be the REAL story of the day. “I mean this [...]

AT&T, Verizon considered dropping employee health insurance as a result of healthcare overhaul

 Democrats canceled hearings after learning companies’ plans would make health insurance bill look bad (Well, actually, they didn’t want the general public to see that the Obamacare insurance/industry bailout bill would allow major corporations to save massive amounts of money by dumping the coverage of their employees… something that many of us said would happen [...]

Greek Parliament approves deep social cuts in face of mass opposition; Stock markets fall sharply on fears of unrest

by Joe Kishore and Alexander Lantier, WSWS The Greek Parliament voted to approve €30 billion in cuts to jobs, wages, pensions, and social spending Thursday, the day after a general strike against the measures. The cuts were agreed to by Prime Minister George Papandreou as part of a loan package from European governments and the [...]