TRNN News Round-up, 22 - 17 March 2013

March 22 Cyprus Should Let the Banks Go Bankrupt Costas Lapavitsas: Cyprus should let the private banks fail and create a public bank that focuses on strengthening the real economy Go to story | Go to homepage

Guantanamo Hunger Strike Continues - No Legal Basis for Holding Prisoners Michael Ratner: The Obama Admin. is responsible for the continued imprisonment of men who were found not to have been involved in any crime or act of war Go to story | Go to homepage

The prolonged Israeli naval blockade has destroyed Gaza's fishing industry and marine sports The number of Gaza fishermen has dropped from about 10,000 in the year 2000 to about 3500 today due to Israeli imposed restrictions on fishing limit Go to story | Go to homepage

March 21 Solution to Student Debt is to Get the Banks Out of the Education Business Michael Hudson: Crippling student debt, which is also a drag on the whole ecnonomy, developed as governments pushed the burden of higher education costs onto students and pushed them into the arms of the banks Go to story | Go to homepage

Canadian Government Fights US Opposition to Tar Sands Pipeline Yves Engler: Unprecedented aggressive lobbying campaign by Canada to push Obama to say yes to XL pipeline Go to story | Go to homepage

Gailbraith and Panitch: Is a New "New Deal' Possible? Pt.2 James K. Gailbraith and Leo Panitch discuss the 80th anniversary of the election of FDR and the significance of the New Deal Go to story | Go to homepage

March 20 NYPD's Stop and Frisk Put on Trial in "Historic" Class Action Lawsuit In Floyd v. City of New York, lawyers argue hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers have constitutional rights violated by Stop and Frisk Go to story | Go to homepage

Gailbraith and Panitch: Is a New "New Deal' Possible? James K. Gailbraith and Leo Panitch discuss the 80th anniversary of the election of FDR and the significance of the New Deal Go to story | Go to homepage

President Obama Visits Israel, But Expectations are Low A great deal of emphasis on symbolism in Obama's visit, and very little content, expected in Obama's brief visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Go to story | Go to homepage

March 19 Pope Francis accused by family and friends of tortured priests Jorge Mario Bergoglio known for his opposition to progressive governments and clerics, is accused of silence, cooperation with Argentinean dictatorship Go to story | Go to homepage

The New York Times and "Liberal Media" Helped Sell the Iraq War Michael Ratner: The NYT and other "liberal" commentators led the way in selling the WMD myth and justified the Iraq war; their mea culpas ring hollow Go to story | Go to homepage

10 Years After the War in Iraq, the Same Political Forces are Planning a War with Iran Lawrence Wilkerson: Regime change is still the Neo-con agenda in Iran as they hope to use military might to assert American commercial interests Go to story | Go to homepage

Cyprus: "You Don't Trigger a Bank Run to Fix a Financial Crisis" Gerald Epstein: EU tries to force Cyprus to tax bank deposits to pay for bailout Go to story | Go to homepage

March 18 Are Toronto Homeless Shelters Overcrowded? City maintains there are enough beds but activists and shelter operators say they are running at over capacity Go to story | Go to homepage

"Everyone But China" Agreement Prevents Regulation of Hot Money and Speculation Kevin Gallagher: Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens national sovereignty, extends corporate rights, and targets China Go to story | Go to homepage

Greece's Austerity Measures Put Patients at Risk Pharmaceutical Companies withhold medicine from Greece, fearing that the medicine will be exported to other European countries. Greece is penalized for austerity measures it had been forced to implement. Go to story | Go to homepage

March 17 Forbes Billionaires List Growing James Henry: US still leads as many new billionaires emerging in China and Russia; corporate profits at record levels - as austerity hits and unemployment remains high Go to story | Go to homepage

Mutual Interest Hidden Beneath Apple and Samsung Legal Struggle Both companies benefit from turning patents into a bulwark against innovation, the general public pays the price when two corporations divide the market between them Go to story | Go to homepage

U.N. Secretary-General Leads Tributes to Hugo Chavez Diplomats observed a moment of silence at a U.N. General Assembly meeting before the tributes by Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic, representatives of regional groups, and Venezuela's foreign minister Go to story | Go to homepage