Articles Posted by FCJ Editor

  • Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux

    Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

    Sadly, President Obama is dispatching Presidents Bush and Clinton, and thousands of Marines and U.S. soldiers. By contrast, Cuba has over 400 doctors on the ground and is sending in more; Cubans, Argentinians, Icelanders, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, and many others are already on the ground working–saving lives and treating the injured. Senegal has offered land to Haitians willing to relocate to Africa.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Transbay Terminal Dispute Threatens Federal Funding

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 18, 2010 | No Comments

    California High Speed Trains: Business Plan. By Matt Drake, guest editorial January 18, 2010 In November of 2008, Californians voted yes on Proposition 1A, a bond measure raising $10 billion to construct a high speed…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti

    Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 18, 2010 | No Comments

    Disaster capitalism is triumphant everywhere from post-Soviet Russia to post-apartheid South Africa, occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, Honduras before and after the US-instigated coup, post-tsunami Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia, New Orleans post-Katrina, and now heading to Haiti full-throttle after its greatest ever catastrophe.

    Posted in Politics

  • Continuing the Movement

    Continuing the Movement

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

    Markese Bryant raps about the legacy of Dr. King, President Obama, and how a growing movementis creating opportunities for communities of color through the green economy. By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins January 18, 2010 America is struggling.…

    Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Politics

  • The Big One Devastates Haiti, A Human Catastrophe Unfolds

    The Big One Devastates Haiti,
    A Human Catastrophe Unfolds

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

    By Stephen Lendman January 15, 2010 With all their woes, the last thing Haitians needed was the calamitous earthquake (the most severe in the region in over 200 years) that struck Port-au-Prince, surrounding areas, and…

    Posted in News

  • The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning

    The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

    By Stephen Lendman January 11, 2010 In late 2009, former Merrill Lynch economist, now with the Canadian firm, Gluskin Sheff, said the following: “The credit collapse and the accompanying deflation and overcapacity are going to…

    Posted in News, Politics

  • Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt to Narrow Just Cause Eviction Protections

    Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt
    to Narrow Just Cause Eviction Protections

    by FCJ Editor on Jan 11, 2010 | No Comments

    Supervisor John Avalos Photo by Luke Thomas By Carol Harvey, guest columnist January 11, 2009 Standing behind a podium under the San Francisco Mayor’s office balcony on the City Hall steps, December 7, 2009,  Housing…

    Posted in News, Politics