Global Horizons: Modern Day Slavery in America

Slaves are being brought in here on the U.S. guest worker program, owned by contractual agreement, forced to live and work outside public view on corporate farms, and paid nearly nothing while their “recruiters” and the companies they pick for make millions off their labor. And Obama wants to increase the number of these 3 [...]

No Charges Brought Against Philadelphia School that Monitored Students by Remotely Activating Webcams

from Democracy Now! (Obama’s) Justice Department announced late last month that it would not bring any federal charges against the suburban Philadelphia public school system that monitored students by remotely activating the cameras on computer laptops issued to its students. While the school system will face no criminal charges, two civil lawsuits filed by students are [...]

Obama wins the right to invoke “State Secrets” to protect Bush crimes

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon In a 6-5 ruling issued this afternoon, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Obama administration a major victory in its efforts to shield Bush crimes from judicial review, when the court upheld the Obama DOJ’s argument that Bush’s rendition program, used to send victims to be tortured, are “state secrets” [...]

US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’

(“Support the Troops!” or “War is Hell”… sometime I forget which cliched piece of propaganda I am supposed to use… damn it. Why don’t I get those Talking Points in the morning like everyone else… but, things are going “well” according to the CFR servant, Hillary Clinton) by Chris McGreal, The Guardian Twelve American soldiers [...]

Children Among 24 Killed as US Drone Strikes Rock Pakistan

by Jason Ditz, AntiWar At least four children were killed today in addition to 20 other “suspected militants” in a series of four US drone strikes against sites tied to the Haqqani militant group in North Waziristan, part of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The attacks destroyed three homes in North Waziristan as well as [...]

Clinton to CFR: ‘New American Moment’ Has Arrived

(Hillary Clinton is a vile globalist bitch; a grotesque caricature of a new American “liberal”. She is a sellout, a liar, and a traitor. She is Iago and Cheney, rolled into one, with the scant remaining human traits of each cast aside.) by Jason Ditz, AntiWar Speaking today before the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Secretary of [...]

Letters from auto workers on Indianapolis struggle

reposted from WSWS The following letters were sent by auto workers in Indianapolis and Michigan to the WSWS in response to the ongoing struggle by workers in Indianapolis, Indiana. The workers in Indiana are resisting efforts by General Motors and JD Norman, backed by the United Auto Workers, to push through a 50 percent wage [...]

Obama unveils pro-business “jobs” plan

by Tom Eley, WSWS President Barack Obama’s Wednesday speech on the economy in Cleveland, Ohio was an exercise in deceit and demagogy. Presenting himself as a defender of the middle class against the wealthy, Obama outlined a “jobs plan” based on a series of corporate tax give-aways that have long been championed by the Republican [...]