Author Archives: Paul Mueth

Assange, Press Freedom, and the Story from Down Under

Posted on 10/18/2024 by Paul Mueth

The Julian Assange case is incredibly multifaceted, extending over many years.The root of course is the need for transparency regarding the actions of the powerful. The World War I–era Espionage Act is a major impediment to an open and just … Continue reading →

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The Poor People’s Campaign Continues

Posted on 07/29/2024 by Paul Mueth

The Poor People’s Campaign is a grassroots movement that began in the 1960s and continues to this day, aiming to address issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice in the United States. The campaign was initially launched by Rev. Dr. … Continue reading →

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US/NATO Proxy War in Ukraine: Continuity in US Foreign Policy

Posted on 07/18/2023 by Paul Mueth

The war in Ukraine is barbarous and awful beyond comprehension. The formula in the US media that the attack was unjustified is true, but its frequent corollary, that it was completely unprovoked, is not. This is Noam Chomsky’s and Daniel … Continue reading →

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The Value of Transaction Taxes on Financial Instruments

Posted on 06/24/2022 by Paul Mueth

Financial transaction taxes (FTT) are an innovative system whose time has come again. There has been a narrow FTT in the UK since 1694, which raised $4.9 billion in 2020, and it hasn’t prevented the City of London from being … Continue reading →

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The WTO Vaccination Charade

Posted on 09/21/2021 by Paul Mueth

It’s not an accident that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the site for the battle over the pandemic and the health of the world. Many critics of corporate control of international trade, and of most of everyday life, have … Continue reading →

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Resolution Opposing The Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted on 10/16/2016 by Paul Mueth

Resolution Opposing The Dakota Access Pipeline WHEREAS, the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline would carry as many as 570,000 barrels of fracked crude oil per day for over 1,000 miles from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota to Illinois, passing … Continue reading →

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Af-Pak Escalation Not The Change We Need

Posted on 10/04/2009 by Paul Mueth

THE COMPLEXITY OF THE REGION affords great cover for ongoing misrepresentation by the administration, representatives, think tanks, and the media. All spin, “simplify” and generally distort the war on terror/al-Queda as currently conducted mainly in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Unresolved colonial borders that … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on the Social Forum Phenomenon

Posted on 05/02/2009 by Paul Mueth

THROUGH THE MONTHS OF 2000 around Brasil and parts of Latin America, there was concerted effort to bring together parts of civil society, historically disenfranchised over decades of dictatorships and economic hegemony by the North, mainly by the Monroe (en)Doctrinated … Continue reading →

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What Is SAIC Doing In UI’s Research Park?

Posted on 10/01/2008 by Paul Mueth

A SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING (SAIC) corporate spokesperson said in the journal, Business 2.0, “We are a stealth company. We’re everywhere, but almost never seen.” Indeed, they were there when pardoned felon Admiral Poindexter began the Total Information Awareness (TIA) … Continue reading →

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Independent Media and the Right to Communicate

Posted on 08/18/2001 by Paul Mueth

by Paul Mueth Article 19 of the U.N. General Assembly’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) says: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive … Continue reading →

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