Nike Blackmails Oregon: Just Do It, Or Else…

CounterPunch/Dissident Voice

by Ben Schreiner

At the behest of Nike, Oregon hastily convened a special one-day legislative session on Friday in order to ensure the global behemoth retains its preferential tax status in the state.

The U.S. Jobs Crisis and the Reserve Army of Labor

CounterPunch/Dissident Voice

by Ben Schreiner

The U.S. unemployment situation—despite Washington’s indifference—remains rather abysmal.  The November jobs report offers just the latest evidence. 

A Pretext for Deeper US Intervention

CounterPunch/Dissident Voice

by Ben Schreiner

 

With dubious reports that Syria is preparing its stockpile of chemical weapons for use now dominating US media coverage, the familiar menace of WMDs in the Middle East has been resurrected once again to haunt the American public and gin up support for military intervention.