The capitalist crisis which has crashed down on society has already had and for a long time will have disastrous consequences for the lives of the masses, as every worker can see in his daily life or her work. The bourgeois economists themselves admit it: they do not know what the causes of the crisis are – satisfying themselves by blaming the greed of the bankers or excessive financial deregulation – and they do not know when it will end and give way to the long-awaited “economic recovery”. The current crisis is the crisis of the capitalist mode of production, incapable of stopping itself, forced to produce always more commodities, at a certain point it comes up against the limits of the market.

The crisis offers an historical chance to civilize an unbridled capitalism with reform policy. The future relation of market and state is the focus of attention..Financial markets are characterized by herd behavior. Risk consciousness disappears.

It is very tragic that a demagogue like Ahmedinajad, after delivering his despicable speech at the U.N. on the eve of the Holocaust remembrance, would be depicted as a hero in Tehran! But Mubarak does the same

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The unbridled free market was an illusion that gave free rein to greed and speculation and the dominance of the financial markets. Shareholder value made the profits of shareholders absolute and set short-term gain over long-term necessities.

Chilean Letters I

Until 7 p.m. his state was the same, fever, extreme pain and decaying. Besides the discomfort of the famous feeding tube . The doctor and nurses tell me that everything is within expectations, and I've told them that there are pockets of infection in two grafts. In any case, I'm obviously suffering very much anguish about Eduardo, but at least it gives me mind peace, that while in ICU, no one would think abou taking him to Santiago, to the prison hospital.

I have it written about the replacement (some fellows from Santiago did it to me), I'll present it tomorrow at the Court of Appeals. On Friday early in the morning I'll be at Temuco, trying to talk with the Internal Chief there.

Patricia Martinez

Good plausible deniability is the difference between murder and not.

Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he believes Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter would have "an open mind" on voting for a bill that makes it easier to form unions if a compromise emerges.

* After taking part in a demonstration for lack of job security in 2006, 14 workers of contractor “Transportes Camila de SIDOR” could be sentenced to 5 to 10 years in jail.