Empire

Clipped Roman Coins and Shrunken Coke Cans

Max Keiser | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Roman Coins, Starbucks, Empire, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Loss of Empire, Inflation, Rome, Economy, Business News

The Romans had a gold-backed currency that they physically needed to shrink to engineer empire-killing inflation. In America, the government, not having a gold-backed currency, just prints more worthless paper.

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The Guantanamization of Immigrant Detention

Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Esperanza, Global Migration, Sovereignty Issues, ICE Detention, Empire, BORDER ISSUES, ICE Abuse, Immigrant Detention, National Security, Latino Politics, ICE Detention Deaths, Activism, Night of 1000 Conversations, Hope, Race, Guantanamo and Detention, Politics News

What makes Ahmed's story noteworthy is that it reflects how many of these torturous practices are now being perpetrated against detainees held within the borders of the US.

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Empire or Democracy: Are We Ready for the Fall?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Morality, Democracy, War in Iraq, Economy, Fascism, Military Industrial Complex, Rome, Environment, Immigration, Diplomacy, Credit Crunch, Politics News

As resources are drained, the principles inherent in a democratic republic will be compromised by what is needed to sustain a militaristic empire like the US.

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Grover Norquist Calls for a Humbler Foreign Policy that Rejects Bush/Cheney-style Empire

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Foreign Policy, Empire, New America Foundation, Better World Campaign, Grover Norquist, Richard Cheney, On Day One, George W. Bush, Politics News

Grover Norquist makes an appeal to his Republican friends to get sane again on foreign policy in this video clip for the Better World Campaign's "On Day One."

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Bush, Calderon Plot Economic and Military Integration at NOLA Summit

Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

At the center of today's "Three Amigos" Summit in New Orleans between George W. Bush and his homologues, Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Stephen Harper o...

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One Raid at a Time: How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, National Security, Immigration, National Security State and Immigration, Latino Politics, Empire, Immgrants, BORDER ISSUES, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Lou Dobbs, Minutemen, Politics News

Nowhere in the more popular explanations of the government restructuring of immigration and other government functions do the raisons d'etat enter the picture.

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The Burdens of Empire

Gary Hart | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Empire, U.S. Permanent Bases Iraq, Iraq, Permanent Bases, Politics News

Yesterday, Bush signed the Defense Authorization Bill, including Section 1222 prohibiting permanent military bases in Iraq, with the now customary "signing statement."

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Memo to Fred Thompson: America Has an Empire

Joe Lauria | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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We do know that Ron Paul deserves credit for bringing up the obvious in a hostile environment. Maybe some day historical fact will seep into the mainstream and at least be seriously debated.

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