Chávez, UNASUR and the End of Unipolarity: A Conversation with Judith Valencia
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Chávez, UNASUR and the End of Unipolarity: A Conversation with Judith Valencia

Economist Judith Valencia talks about the evolution of Hugo Chávez’s approach to geopolitics and the recent reactivation of the Union of South American Nations [UNASUR], an institution for continental integration that was born under Chávez.

Manufactured Crisis over US Debt Ceiling Sets Stage for Bipartisan Assault on Social Security and Medicare
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Manufactured Crisis over US Debt Ceiling Sets Stage for Bipartisan Assault on Social Security and Medicare

Both the parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, are in basic agreement that: All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out, to pay for the U.S. government’s addiction to war and military spending.