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Building Cannons of Self Destruction:
How the Military-Industrial Complex Exploits the Poor

It is more than a cliché to state that the rich make war while the poor fight them. As a character in the French movie Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) stated, "The poor make the cannons of their own self destruction, but the rich sell them." History shows that America's poor were disproportionately drafted into the military. Continue reading

The Prison Industrial Complex

The U.S. incarcerates more of its population than any other country, including China, the most populous country. In 2007 the prison population grew by 25,000 nationwide, according to a study by the Pew Center on the States. Continue reading

The mainstream media (MSM) covers important current events as if the stories are devoid of social and historical contexts. Just as Toto pulled back the curtain revealing the Wizard of Oz was a mere man, we must look beyond the MSM to get to the truth. Behind Current Events exists to help you in that endeavor.

U.S. Guestworker Program Needs Reform

Southern Poverty Law Center filed a class action lawsuit against Signal International LLC on charges that the company, recruiters, and labor brokers defrauded guestworkers from India and forced them to work at Signal shipyards in Pascagoula, Misssissippi and Orange, Texas. Continue reading



House Delays Colombia Free Trade Agreement Vote

"It is my hope that we will vote to merely remove the timetable on the Colombian free trade agreement so we can focus on restoring America's economic strength and being to create jobs again," Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi said on April 10 before the House voted to delay voting on the Colombian free trade agreement. The House voted 224 to 195 in favor of delaying the vote. Continue reading