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Historic US-Iran Deal Is First Step Toward Peace

Bob Dreyfuss, Julian Borger The Nation, The Guardian
The substance of the accord reached in Geneva is a breakthrough, but the politics of the agreement is equally important. President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry signed the deal in explicit, full-frontal defiance of American hawks, neoconservatives and hardliners, the Israel lobby, and anti-Iran partisans in Congress. What exactly has been agreed, what are the next steps and how effective will it be in preventing Tehran from developing atomic weapons?

The Detroit Bankruptcy

Wallace Turbeville Demos
Detroit’s bankruptcy is, at its core, a cash flow problem caused by its inability to bring in enough revenue to pay its bills. Detroit’s bankruptcy was primarily caused by a severe decline in revenue and exacerbated by complicated Wall Street deals that put its ability to pay its expenses at greater risk.

The Demise and Afterlife of the ‘Detroit Sleeper Cell’ Case

Eric Lichtblau New York Times
This video tells the story of the “Detroit Sleeper Cell,” the first terrorism trial after 9/11. Here, a reporter who covers terrorism for The New York Times recalls the charged atmosphere at the time and the consequences for the Justice Department.

The Surge

Matthieu Aikins Wired Science
In 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio worldwide. Last year there were 223. But getting all the way to zero will mean spending billions of dollars, penetrating the most remote regions of the globe, and facing down Taliban militants to get to the last unprotected children on Earth.

NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software

Floor Boon, Steven Derix and Huib Modderkolk NRC Handelsblad
The NSA computer attacks are performed by a special department called TAO (Tailored Access Operations). Public sources show that this department employs more than a thousand hackers. According to the Washington Post, the NSA has been carrying out this type of cyber operation since 1998.

New Momentum for Anti-Capitalism Protests?

Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Decentralized protests instead of large rallies - this is Blockupy's modus operandi. At a meeting in Frankfurt, the critics of capitalism are planning new demonstrations against the EU's strict austerity measures

Britain's Dirty War in Ireland Exposed

Jerry Adams The Guardian (UK)
A BBC Panorama show reveals how in this conflict, like in other colonial wars, politicians surrendered power to the generals, at a deadly cost

Nissan Union Leaders From South Africa Shocked by Anti-Union Conduct in U.S.

Do Better Nissan
“In South Africa, the Chief Operating Officer of Nissan sat down and listened to me,” said Witness Ndlovu, a union steward at Nissan’s South Africa South Africa Delegationplant . Ndlovu is a member of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the national autoworkers union in South Africa. “I am surprised and shocked,” he said, “by the fact that Nissan interferes so blatantly with the right of U.S. workers to have a voice in the workplace.”