Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 4 November 2012

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TRNN This Week October 28 - November 2
November 3, 2012
Obama's Social Security Reform: A Grand Bargain or Betrayal?
Bill Black: Part 2. While voting for Obama, people should be prepared for his plans to launch major cuts to social security
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Greek Parliament Approves Contentious Law to Expand Privatization
Dimitri Lascaris: New budget makes it clear Greece will never pay off its debts, real aim of austerity is to break unions and privatize public assets
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US War Against IED's in Afghanistan a Strategic Failure
Garth Porter: US has been unable to limit the high casualties suffered as a result of a key Taliban strategy
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November 1

Romney Wants to Privatize Disaster Relief
Bill Black: Part 1. Financial and Fraud Report: Romney plan for smaller federal government and privatization is a way to make private profit from crisis
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Spies, Lies and Whistle Blowers
PT2 Annie Machon (MI5 whistle blower): The culture of MI5 and MI6 is even worse since 9/11
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UNCTAD: High Frequency Trading and Speculation Leads to Higher Prices
Nicolas Maystre: Study shows relationship between food price volatility and high frequency trading
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October 31

From MI6 Al Qaeda Plot to Kill Gaddafi to Spying on Domestic Dissent: An MI5 Whistle Blowers Story
Annie Machon: British intelligence agencies considered themselves above the law
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Easy Ways to Steal an Election
Greg Palast, author of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps reveals vote stealing methodology
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October 30

Broken Anvil: Miskitu Communities Fight Militarization
Communities organize amid escalating violence in Honduras
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Broken Anvil: Human rights groups push for Washington investigation
Annie Bird of Rights Action discusses May 11th killings
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Reflections on Occupy Baltimore
Editors of the book "We are Many"discuss challenges of building a movement in a city with a black political elite
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October 29

Koch Brothers and the Road to "Citizens United"
Greg Palast: When billionaires break the law, they get the law changed
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Manufacturing Corporate Friendly State Legislation
Steve Horn: ALEC is only one of several right wing organizations that write model big business friendly laws for state legislatures across the country
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Refugees March to Berlin Demanding Full Human Rights
Refugees from all over Germany converged on Berlin to demand the stopping of deportation
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October 28

Rally Calls for Release of "Holy Land Five"
Michael Ratner : Government incarceration of five leaders of a Muslim foundation that supported Palestinians is an affront to human rights
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Both Candidates Misleading on Iran and Afghanistan
Gareth Porter: Obama and Romney debate a false narrative about US foreign policy
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