Labor unions are flexing their muscle this month in scores of protests against the country's largest banks, which are lobbying heavily to influence financial overhaul legislation. Unions will hold roughly 200 events by March 26 aimed at Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells... » read this article

Housing is on the rocks and prices are headed lower. That's not the consensus view, but it's a reasonably safe assumption. Master illusionist Ben Bernanke managed to engineer a modest 7-month uptick in sales, but the fairydust will wear off later this month when the Fed stops purchasing mortgage-backed securities... » read this article

18 March 2010 The past week has seen a marked intensification of the steady drumbeat of threats and provocations against China that has characterized the policy of the Obama administration since last September. That month, the White House signed an order imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese tire imports. This was... » read this article

Editor's Note: In Axis of Logic's original manifesto, we targeted Global Corporate Empire as Public Enemy #1. As one of the logical extensions of that premise, we saw U.S. national elections firmly in the grip of the corporations behind the masks of the Democrat and Republican political parties. Thus, we... » read this article

Editorial comment by Arturo Rosales: The basic information outlined below is what readers abroad will rarely see in the corporate media. From the BBC to CNN, FOX and the floundering big city newspapers. If such media ever did publish this information it would be an admission that Chávez’ economic policies... » read this article

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Man Says Actions Intended To Send Message To Banks Moscow, Ohio- Like many people, Terry Hoskins has had troubles with his bank. But his solution to foreclosure might be unique. Hoskins said he's been in a struggle with RiverHills Bank over his Clermont County home for nearly a decade, a... » read this article

Editor's comment: The EU attack on Greece, now underway, is a prime example of how national borders and sovereignty have been erased by the European Union. Greece joined the European Union and on January 1, 1981 and surrendered its currency, drachmas, for the euro on January 1, 2001. According to... » read this article

It has no automatic tellers or drive-up windows, doesn't issue credit cards, and tends only a few thousand checking and savings accounts. Its only location is a glass, steamboat-shaped headquarters near the Missouri River, where the business moved from its original 1919 home in a former auto assembly plant. The... » read this article

Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts. As worries over Greece rattle world markets, records and interviews show that with Wall Street’s help, the... » read this article

Senior Research Scholar at Yale University Immanuel Wallerstein believes that the real economic crisis is still up ahead. According to Wallerstein, last years collapse was its minor version. ZCommunications  ... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Admittedly, this is a long and detailed article to read. Imagine the time and effort involved for Richard D. Vogel to produce it! If you don't have time to read the entire article, please read the author's words leading up to "What is Globalization" and "Closing the Texas Deal" ...... » read this article

By one estimate, China has been at the top of the global economy for 18 out of the last 20 centuries. That's an impressive track record, whatever you might think of imperialism, communism, and all the other systems that have prevailed in that vast country over the centuries. Even President... » read this article

2 February 2010 The Obama administration’s budget for the 2011 fiscal year, unveiled Monday, projects massive US government deficits for the next decade, fueled by gargantuan military spending and the impact of the financial and economic crisis of American and world capitalism. The US national debt is projected to more... » read this article

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rules corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates. One lawmaker describes it as the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case justifying slavery. We speak with constitutional law professor, Jamin Raskin. // AMY GOODMAN: We... » read this article

The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those folks are crazy after... » read this article

MoxNewsDotCom Also see: Dennis Kucinich Denounces Supreme Court Decision Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement following the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: “Today’s decision will allow corporations to spend unlimited funds in support of political candidates. It will increase... » read this article

Professor of sociology and editor of Monthly Review, John Bellamy Foster, talks about the triple crises facing the people of the United State today in the economy, the environment, and in the imperial wars and occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.              John Bellamy Foster: The Crisis of Capital:... » read this article

THE TIMING couldn't have been better for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which held its first public hearings on January 13-14. With their top employees set to enjoy huge bonuses thanks to taxpayer bailouts, the CEOs of the country's big banks should have been in the hot seat for their... » read this article

12 January 2010 A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China came into effect on New Year’s Day, creating the world’s third largest free trade bloc behind the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). While limited in... » read this article