Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 19, 2008	Washington summit: converting G8 into G20?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - On November 14-15, 2008, Washington, D.C. hosted the G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Strategy and the World Economy. The summit achieved general agreement on how to cooperate in key areas to strengthen economic growth, deal with the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 18, 2008	Barack Obama's historic victory (2)
By RICHARD FALK* Barack Obama's presidential victory, above all, signaled to the world an American willingness to repudiate Bush militarist and unilateralist approaches to global policy. Time will tell, but what now prevails is an unprecedented mood of high and happy expectations.The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 4, 2008	Waiting for an election result
By ANDREW FINKEL: It is a brave or possibly simply vain commentator that is prepared to add even one more word to the zillions already published on today's American presidential election. And it is the better part of valor that stops a morning paper published in İstanbul from...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 3, 2008	The American dream
By ÖMER TAŞPINAR: History will not be kind to the Bush administration. According to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, an unscientific poll of 109 professional historians found that 61 percent rated President George W. Bush as the worst president in American history. A...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 2, 2008	Powell's endorsement of Obama and its implication for small states
By Nicholas Joseph: Last Sunday on the American talk show Meet the Press, Conservative Colin Powell came out of the shadows. It was not his endorsement of Barack Obama that was shocking, but how he crafted his support for the first African American, who may very well be elected on...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 28, 2008	The illusion surrounding Obama’s presidency
By BALKAN DEVLEN* There is global euphoria about US Sen. Barack Obama nowadays. Many think he will bring change and a new direction to America’s foreign policy. Turkey is no exception. Several people, from journalists to politicians, expressed the opinion that an Obama presidency...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 19, 2008	THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
Reflections of Fidel: Trade, within a society and among countries, is the exchange of goods and services produced by human beings. The owners of the means of production appropriate the profits. As a class, they are the leaders of the capitalist state and they boast of fostering development...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008	Haitian President calls for temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians living illegally in the United States
Haiti president calls for end to deportation: By Oscar Ramjeet - Caribbean Net News Special Correspondent: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: A CMC report from Miami states that Haitian President, Rene Preval has reiterated his fervent appeal to the United States president to grant temporary...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 4, 2008	If Obama were white
By ABDULHAMİT BİLİCİ: As a presidential election closely monitored by the entire world nears its conclusion, new issues emerge to rekindle discussions. Some of them are the same kinds of trivial matters raised by the media during every election, such as images of Sarah Palin,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008	The battle of hope and experience
From The Economist print edition: Will America choose the old hero who favours tax cuts for business and the rich and backed George Bush’s wars? Or the young man who promises health care for all, a swift exit from Iraq and more money for the average worker? As America’s financial system...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 30, 2008	Democratic socialism
Reflections of Fidel: I did not want to write a third consecutive reflection, but I can not leave this until Monday. There is one accurate response to Bush’s "democratic capitalism:" Chavez’ democratic socialism. There couldn’t be a more accurate way to express the great...... [view]