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La guerra es negocio muy rentable del imperialismo norteamericano
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La guerra es negocio muy rentable del imperialismo norteamericano
October 31, 2024

Esta economía de guerra garantiza la hegemonía, estimula conflictos y es clave en el comercio exterior estadounidense.

The Suspicious ‘Suicide’ of Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett
March 18, 2024

The death of Boeing whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett, the 62-year-old former employee of the aerospace corporation, was declared a suicide two days after he was found dead in a truck parked in a hotel lobby. There are ample reasons to question this narrative.

The Suspicious ‘Suicide’ of Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett
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America’s Merchants of Death: Then and Now
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America’s Merchants of Death: Then and Now
August 24, 2021

Few defense giants these days come anywhere close to that 100-times ratio. At Raytheon, for instance, the chief exec last year pulled down 193 times the pay of the company’s most typical worker — and that relatively “modest” gap, by U.S. corporate standards, came only after the Raytheon CEO took a temporary Covid-time pay haircut!

Selling Death
May 27, 2021

William Hartung says the bombing of Gaza this month by the U.S.-financed and supplied Israeli military is just the latest example of the devastating toll exacted by American weapons transfers.

Selling Death
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Capitalism Can’t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
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Capitalism Can’t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
April 27, 2020

Profit-driven capitalism proved extremely inefficient in its response to the virus. Wealth already lost from the coronavirus far exceeds what it would have cost to prepare properly.

Was the Tehran jet crash a criminal act?
January 10, 2020

Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752 crashed after takeoff from Iran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday, killing everyone on board. Information is not yet complete, but if it was shot down by a missile – as some early evidence suggests – Iran should be held accountable.

Was the Tehran jet crash a criminal act?
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Boeing, Obama, a Gold Watch and 346 Dead
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Boeing, Obama, a Gold Watch and 346 Dead
June 9, 2019

While pushing the sale of Boeing planes around the world, the Obama administration was at the same time fast tracking a dangerous deregulatory process at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that effectively put the corporations in charge of the safety certification process — and that in effect put Boeing in charge of certifying it’s faulty MCAS software that led to the tragedies in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Trump Nominates ‘Embodiment of the Military-Industrial Complex’ Patrick Shanahan to Lead Pentagon
May 11, 2019

In a move critics warned could further deepen the ties between the sprawling and immensely profitable private weapons industry and the U.S. government, the White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump will nominate former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan to head the Pentagon.

Trump Nominates ‘Embodiment of the Military-Industrial Complex’ Patrick Shanahan to Lead Pentagon
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