SOS -- An Interview With Mickey Z. (Adam Engel)

Oct. 4, 2008 (Dissident Voice) --We have recordings, but no music; we have movies, but no film; we have books, but no literature.

U.S. Stocks Retreat on Banking, Economic Concern; Alcoa Tumbles (Lynn Thomasson)

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell for a sixth day after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said more banks may collapse and unprecedented global interest-rate cuts failed to convince investors ...

TOON: The Radical Fringe -- 'Attack, Smear, Fear, Destroy (Dory Hippauf)

Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out "Crowd Control" (Naomi Wolf )

(Alternet) -- Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn't pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time.

U.S. Allies, Defense Secretary Suggest Political Solution to Afghan War (Jeremy R. Hammond)

Oct. 8, 2008 (World News Trust) -- While the U.S. presidential candidates both suggest an increase in military forces as the solution for the conflict in Afghanistan, allies and even the U.S. ...

Fed, ECB, Central Banks Lower Rates in Coordinated Reduction (Scott Lanman)

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an unprecedented, emergency coordinated bid to ease the economic effects of ...