Little-Noticed Bill Could Make It Harder To Challenge Foreclosures

by William Alden Challenging foreclosures could become more difficult for homeowners if the president signs a bill that passed through the Senate last week. The little-noticed bill comes at a time when the validity of foreclosure proceedings across the nation have been called into question. The House passed the bill in April, and its brisk [...]

US banks fake documents to rush foreclosures

by Tom Eley, WSWS Major US banks systematically faked documents in order to speed up foreclosures for hundreds of thousands of homeowners, a mounting body of evidence shows. It appears likely that federal and state laws were broken in the process. The scandal speaks both to the dimensions of the social crisis and the criminality [...]

Banks Breaking and Entering, Adding to Their Broader Crimes

Homeless Guy Doing ‘Under Pressure’ With Kermit Puppets Not Actually Homeless

Told ya… his name is Sky Soleil and he is a professional puppeteer and actor I think. “As I said this is a performance. I don’t want there to be any doubts about my situation. I am a performer. I have a roof over my head and I have yet to start my own family. [...]

New Video of Firefighters Talking about Explosions in the Twin Towers

“You people don’t understand.  Anyone of these buildings could blow up… this ain’t done yet“ At 5:20 pm, hours after that fireman made that statement, Building 7 was demoed…

Hey Michelle, Read My Book

by Robert Sheer, Truthdig On Tuesday, I received yet another deceptively personal e-mail addressed to “Robert” from Michelle Obama asking me once again to contribute to the “amazing journey” toward “progress” that her husband has led. “Fool me once,” I muttered, regretful of my previous contribution and even embarrassed to wear the artist-designed Obama for [...]

US corporate profits soar on layoffs, wage cuts

by Barry Grey, WSWS US corporate profits are soaring in the midst of the deepest economic slump since the Great Depression, on the basis of a ruthless policy of using mass unemployment to slash wages and heighten the exploitation of American workers. In order to make the impoverishment of the working class a permanent feature [...]

UAW, GM slash workers’ wages by half at Michigan plant

by Tom Eley, WSWS Setting a new wage-cutting precedent, the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Sunday announced that 40 percent of current workers at the General Motors Lake Orion plant will work at about $14 per hour, half the standard wage, once the temporarily idled Michigan factory begins production on a new line of small [...]

March to Nowhere

by Chris Hedges, from Truthdig (excerpt) We can hold One Nation marches every week. It will not make any difference until we revolt against the formal structures of power. … The rising proto-fascist movement in America is caused by a hatred and alienation so profound that the crimes of the state, along with the buffoonish antics [...]

This is our last dance… This is ourselves… under pressure

(yes, it is a slick social media campaign made to go viral, but…) Clearly - professionally edited sound and a carefully directed videographer crew (two-man crew in reflection on glass door)… and the guy is obviously a gifted and trained puppeteer and probably not homeless (certainly not sleeping on that “bed” in the back)… however…. it’s an outstanding, well thought-out [...]

Subject to Kings: Is The New 1.2 Billion Dollar NSA Facility in Utah Payback for “beneficial cognitive diversity”?

by Scott Creighton It was recently announced that some “Israeli art students” may be trying to spy on the development of a new National Security Agency (NSA) project in Williams,Utah but honestly, that isn’t the meatier part of the story. The real question is; “why would the Bush administration reward the BYU area with this kind [...]

Israeli court convicts two soldiers (for using child as human shield)

from Al Jazeera An Israeli court-martial has found two soldiers guilty of forcing a nine-year-old Palestinian boy to search for suspected booby-traps on their behalf during the 2008-2009 war in the Gaza Strip. The conviction on Sunday, which could carry jail time, was Israel’s latest legal reckoning over a three-week offencive that enjoyed domestic support [...]

Banks foreclose on homes that they don’t own

(H/T to What Really Happened)

“Waiting for Superman” Is Just Neoliberal Propaganda Marketing Pinochet’s Class Based School System to the American Left

by Scott Creighton There are billions upon billions of dollars to be made by the corporate elite and 1%ers who are currently waiting for superman to come along and help sell the privatization of every public school system in America.  The privatization of public schools has been a mainstay in the neoliberal economic reform platform since [...]

Israeli Propaganda in US Media