CJO’s Avenger212

By Jim Miles of Palestinian Chronicles

Part I examines the business values – globalization, free trade, corporations and capitalism – that define the workings of our democracy today.

One of the many words in the mantra of the imperial apologists is that of democracy. From its Greek roots meaning “people” and “power” the word has travelled a long and convoluted journey but needs to be questioned as to whether it has achieved the real ideal. For the people, the “demos” to truly have power requires a system that acts considerably differently from actions by the global elites currently in power.

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By Joel S. Hirschhorn

As a materials and manufacturing engineer with decades of experience with failure analysis of manufactured products, and as an owner of a Toyota vehicle, I am saddened by the lack of expertise and insight shared with Congress and the public about the sudden acceleration problem.

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By Ramzy Baroud

Washington and its willing mouthpieces in the media have for years been trying to sell us the preposterous war in Afghanistan. While they attempt to convince us that the war is predicated on a faultless military logic and moral wisdom, it remains in fact a tragic adventure with no decipherable objectives, and involving several countries, private contractors, and all sorts of firms seeking to make a quick buck.

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By Anwaar Hussain of Truth Spring

Way up on the shadowy ladder in the dark world of spooks comes the name of Mossad.

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By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power

At the risk of being accused of declaring “I told ya so”, I must admit that three online articles made my day today-two of which I posted in Truth to Power’s Daily News Digest, and one which I posted on the website itself. The first was by one of my heroes, Chris Hedges, in which he stated “We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives.” His article is a litany of how Barack Obama, using “hope” to get elected, has revealed himself as Bush III and how voting in national elections accomplishes nothing in a society rotting in putrifying political and moral corruption.

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By Tom Burghardt of Antifascist Calling

Though production lines at the fear factory are still in overdrive, the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) are scrapping plans for a new generation of “high-tech detectors for screening vehicles and cargo, saying they cost too much and do not work as effectively as security officials once maintained,” The Washington Post reported.

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Carolyn Baker interviews a tireless Vermont activist. Originally posted at Speaking Truth to Power

Last week I had the honor of speaking with Kathleen Krevetski of Rutland, Vermont who has worked hard to publicize the adverse effects of radiation from nuclear power plants on people’s health, especially on women and children who are the most vulnerable. When I lived in Vermont, I personally witnessed Kathleen’s struggle along with other Vermonters to organize for the closing of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, and I stand in awe of her and their accomplishment. Thanks to these dedicated activists, the Vermont Senate voted to close Yankee on February 24.

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By Ramzy Baroud

When American historian Howard Zinn passed away recently, he left behind a legacy that redefined our relationship to history altogether.
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By Joel S. Hirschhorn

Business ethics has become an oxymoron. Wall Street bonuses were up 17 percent to over $20 billion in 2009, the year taxpayers bailed out the financial sector after its meltdown. So, everyone has many reasons to hate the banking and financial sectors that dumped our economy, and the general corruption of American politics by corporate interests. There are good reasons to detest the pharmaceutical industry. Besides raping people with onerous prices for prescription drugs, corporate greed coupled with ineffective government regulation and oversight is actually killing Americans through unsafe drugs.
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By Rowan Wolf

What is GE (General Electric) doing using a Christian hymn (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee in one of their new ads?
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