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Mark Weisbrot is co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is also the author of "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong About the Global Economy (Oxford University Press, 2015)."

He writes a weekly column for The Guardian Unlimited (U.K.), and a regular column on economic and policy issues that is distributed to over 550 newspapers by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. He also writes a bi-weekly column for Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo. His opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and almost every major U.S. newspaper. He appears regularly on national and local television and radio programs. He is also president of Just Foreign Policy.

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Republicans, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Is the Republican Party a Legitimate Party? It is pretty clear that voter disenfranchisement is the bedrock of Republican power. As such, the legitimacy of the Republican Party is questionable. More broadly, this country needs voting reform that can put an end to this form of "American exceptionalism," just as the civil rights legislation of the 1960s put an end to the disgraceful era of African-American disenfranchisement.
From theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/486835/director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-submits-, From Images
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Intel agencies ask Americans to "trust, don't verify" in new Cold War The media has become so distracted with the festivities at America's new 1950s theme party, hating on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia like there's no tomorrow, that the lack of evidence has become almost irrelevant to the big media conversation.
Evo Morales, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 6, 2020
What Does the Future Hold for US-Bolivia Ties? One hundred and thirty-six economists and statisticians said the OAS charges were false. Members of the US Congress demanded answers from the OAS for their false accusations.
A demonstrator throws an incendiary device during clashes with Venezuelan National Bolivarian Guard (GNB) during a protest against president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on 28 February 2014., From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Venezuela is not Ukraine Washington has been more committed to "regime change" in Venezuela than anywhere else in South America -- not surprisingly, given that it is sitting on the largest oil reserves in the world. And that has always given opposition politicians a strong incentive to not work within the democratic system.
From flickr.com: Donald Trump, From Images
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 31, 2017
Trump Sanctions on Venezuela Will Cause More Harm The Trump administration announced new, unprecedented sanctions against Venezuela on Friday that are designed to cut off financing to Venezuela. The Trump team pretends that the sanctions are only directed at the government. But as any economist knows, this is clearly false. By starving the economy of foreign exchange, this action will harm the private sector, most Venezuelans, the poor, and the vulnerable.
DEA agents use NSA intercepts to investigate Americans, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 20, 2014
Another US spying problem in Latin America: The DEA thanks to additional leaked documents described by Ryan Devereaux, Glenn Greenwald, and Laura Poitras in The Intercept, we find there is another U.S. agency working with the NSA that poses similar threats: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The DEA is helping NSA with its non-drug-related spying programs.
Genocide In Yemen: US-Saudi War Crimes, From GoogleImages
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 15, 2018
When will America stop participating in Yemen's genocidal war? The 1973 War Powers Resolution is still the law of the land, and the courts have not overturned any part of it. There are officials in the "national security state" who believe that the president can decide without Congress to participate in a war. But that is not the law, or is it consistent with the US Constitution.
Democrats in Washington State celebrate on Election Night., From ImagesAttr
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 10, 2018
Trump Was Handed a Major Defeat on Tuesday -- And There Will Be More The Democrats' victory in the House is important not only in the immediate sense that it will provide a check on Trump but also because it could mark the beginning of the end of this nightmare. Trump's strategy for political survival (which appears to be practically his only concern) is to continuously throw red meat to his supporters.
Trump Taunts China, From GoogleImages
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Trump's China Policy is Already a Disaster We will soon see if the new US presidential administration actually wants to do anything to preserve US manufacturing jobs. In the meantime, picking a fight with China over Taiwan is about the worst way it could start out, short of actual warfare.
Eva Morales deposed by a U.S. and OAS backed coup in 2019., From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 15, 2020
Possible Recurrence of OAS Electoral Fraud in Bolivia Bolivia's general elections on Sunday, October 18, could again be threatened by the involvement of the Organization of American States (OAS), Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot warns.
From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 14, 2017
NAFTA has Harmed Mexico Much More Than a Wall Will Ever Do The wall would cause significant environmental as well as economic damage, if it is ever built. But it is the long-term damage that Washington has helped visit upon the Mexican economy that has brought us to the point where a US president could even propose such a monstrosity.
Bernie Sanders, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 30, 2018
Congress is finally pushing the US to withdraw from Yemen. It's about time The resolution is already co-sponsored by the Democratic leadership, including Nancy Pelosi and the incoming Democratic chairs of the most important House committees. Then the Senate can pass a companion concurrent resolution to force the president to withdraw, and follow up through defunding offensive US activities in Yemen.
From Images
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 18, 2013
Shutdown Takeaway: The US Wants A Fair Society, Not "Defund Obamacare" Crazy The Tea Party and its allies have been funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, and right-wing money has expanded a formidable conservative media empire -- from Fox News to the Wall Street Journal, and talk radio with tens of millions of followers. Still, the majority is holding its own for now, despite its under-representation in the public debate.
General Hugo Carvajal former director of Venezuela's Military Intelligence., From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 31, 2014
Administration split on Venezuela Not only is there no talk of sanctions against Israel or Egypt, there is not even talk of reducing or even conditioning the billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars, including military aid, that flow annually to these two countries. By comparison, 43 Venezuelans died in more than two months of violent protests seeking to topple a democratically-elected government, about half of them at the hands of the protesters themselves.
How Corrupt Is Brazil? Why Does Brazil Hate Its President?, From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 25, 2016
Washington's Dog-Whistle Diplomacy Supports Attempted Coup in Brazil Washington's strategy in response to the left governments that have governed most of the region in the 21st century is obvious. They have rarely missed an opportunity to undermine or get rid of any of them, and their desire to replace the governing Workers' Party in Brazil with a more compliant, right-wing government is fairly obvious.
From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Who's Extorting Whom? It's All About Coercion On Monday, February 16, European officials "handed Athens an ultimatum: Agree by Friday to continue with a bailout program or risk the funding that the country needs to avoid a default," the New York Times reported.
John Kerry, From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 22, 2013
The United States Shows Its Contempt For Venezuelan Democracy Washington's efforts to delegitimize the election mark a significant escalation of US efforts at regime change in Venezuela. Not since its involvement in the 2002 military coup has the US government done this much to promote open conflict in Venezuela.
Senate Budget Committee chairman Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), right, and House Budget Committee chairman Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) announce The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 on 10 December 2013. , From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 18, 2013
US budget deal: the good, bad and stupid The fact that our government is still trying to reduce economic growth and employment while we have more than 20 million people unemployed or underemployed is testimony to the unbridled power of the special interests that dominate debate over economic policy in the United States. It's encouraging that we have some sort of budget, but the economic ignorance continues in Congress.
IMF Trying To Start WW3 in Ukraine, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 8, 2014
With Friends Like The IMF And EU, Ukraine Doesn't Need Enemies You can't destroy an economy in order to save it. The whole purpose of European lending should be to cushion any adjustments and allow Ukraine's economy and employment to grow and avoid a downward spiral. Unfortunately, EU and IMF leaders all too often see crisis as an opportunity to remake the economy in the divine image that they worship, regardless of costs and consequences.
From Images
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 30, 2013
President Obama should listen to US and UK public: don't strike Syria No one had put forth any military or security reason for the rush to attack; no one claimed that speed was essential or even relevant to saving any lives. Rather, it now seems, the urge to shoot first and ask questions later was driven by the need to carry out this illegal attack before the public, and their representatives in national and international bodies, could weigh in.

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