Roberto Savio* Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year. Now they are in power in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland and, most recently, in Denmark. But… Continue Reading
Michael H Fuchs* – The Guardian The Iran debate in Washington is increasingly divorced from reality – and that should worry us The Trump administration is caught in a fever dream about Iran, and the fever is becoming dangerous. In… Continue Reading
By Henry Olsen, Columnist – The Washington Post President Trump will officially announce that he’s running for reelection at a massive rally in Orlando on Tuesday. The early line on his chances: He’s not the favorite, but he’s far from… Continue Reading
By Benjamin Fearnow* – Newsweek While President Donald Trump has stated that he does not want to go to war with Iran, one of his biggest supporters on Capitol Hill, Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton, said on Sunday that he… Continue Reading
By Peter Geoghegan* – openDemocracy Tory hopefuls [to the post of Prime Minister] under fire for accepting cash from company linked to major ‘climate science denial’ group. Johnson has yet to declare the funding, ‘raising questions about who else is… Continue Reading
By Tom O’Connor* – Newsweek President Donald Trump’s attempts to force Russia and China into political submission through economic restrictions have helped to empower budding bonds being forged between the top two U.S. rivals. At a time when the Trump… Continue Reading
By François Delattre* – The New York Times My experience at the United Nations Security Council over the last five years has led me to see a harsh truth: The world is growing more dangerous and less predictable by the day.… Continue Reading
Glenn Greenwald, Leandro Demori, Betsy Reed – The Intercept How and Why The Intercept Is Reporting on a Vast Trove of Materials About Brazil’s Operation Car Wash and Justice Minister Sergio Moro Análisis Part 1 A massive archive of previously… Continue Reading
By Alan Rappeport* – The New York Times FUKUOKA, Japan — Global finance leaders meeting in Japan this weekend said they were increasingly worried that the trade dispute between the United States and China, which shows no signs of abating,… Continue Reading
By Rebecca Gordon* – TomDispatch/The Nation The president is considering pardons for military members accused of war crimes, but the officials responsible for our disastrous wars already have free passes. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. Memorial Day has… Continue Reading
By Margaret O’Mara* – The New York Times History shows that big businesses profit most when tariffs reign. America is entering a new era of tariffs. President Trump is in no hurry to resolve the trade dispute with China, he… Continue Reading
By Shane Croucher* – Newsweek The European media is keeping a close eye on President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., which is preparing to leave the EU through its Brexit process and hoping to forge stronger trading links… Continue Reading
Editorial Hobnobbing with the royals will boost the president’s ego. But this is not the greatest danger of rolling out the red carpet now Two and a half years after Theresa May rushed to become the first world leader to… Continue Reading
By Paul Krugman*- Opinion Columnist- The New York Times Why “tariff” isn’t a “beautiful word.” Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on Mexican exports unless our neighbor does something — he hasn’t specified what — to stop the flow of asylum-seekers is… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio * The terrible feeling I had on waking up and seeing the Italian voting results at the recent European elections was that my country was suddenly full of strangers. How could the majority of Italians reconfirm a government… Continue Reading
By Peter Foster* – The Telegraph When the Hungarian branch of the Union of European Federalists decided to meet and discuss the new challenges facing EU democracy, its secretary-general was expecting a spirited debate. Eszter Nagy invited the main political… Continue Reading
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service “The culture of peace is universal. It is shared by people and nations Worldwide. Today’s “culture of war” is a US hegemonic project predicated on the creation of conflict and divisions… Continue Reading
By David E. Sanger* – The New York Times President Trump has finally succeeded in building his wall: not the one he keeps demanding on the southwestern border, but a far more complex barrier meant to block China’s national telecommunications… Continue Reading
by Ylenia Gostoli – Al Jazeera Right-wing parties performed strongly, but not as well as expected and parliamentary majorities are not guaranteed. Brussels, Belgium – It had been portrayed as a day of reckoning between pro-European and anti-European forces –… Continue Reading
By Shane Croucher *– Newsweek Two friends of President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, are set to dominate British politics after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, in an emotional address, announced she would step down on June 7,… Continue Reading
