Where’s Labor?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2008 Not only is Barack Obama packing his inner circle with neo-liberal Clinton stalwarts, he's also avoiding the question of labor by not including any representative of workers in the economic policy team he announced Monday. What gives? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New World Trade Treaty Plowed Under

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva finally imploded Wednesday, as negotiations over farm subsidies and labor standards collapsed into an immovable standstill between wealthy and poorer countries. The talks, defended heavily by the "developed world," are seen by critics as an instrument to serve corporate interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Return of Rumsfeld

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 Is the master of the rhetorical question back? Well, in spirit at least. Truthdig contributor Allen McDuffee warns that a group of Democratic foreign policy hawks is pushing one of Donald Rumsfeld's big ideas for overhauling the U.S. military. These are the same security-obsessed Democrats, by the way, who helped sell the Iraq war to the American people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )