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The crisis in Catalonia is being fed by pernicious myths on both sides
Victor Lapuente Giné* – The Guardian How is it that a country whose economic performance, human development and democratic integrity have improved so vastly over the past four decades is now dealing with one of Europe’s worst territorial and constitutional crises? The answer…
The World Is Running Out of Much Needed New Antibiotics
By Baher Kamal ROME, Oct 4 2017 (IPS) – The world is running out of new antibiotics to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a new specialised report warns ahead of this year’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week, adding that most of the drugs currently in the…
The image of Rajoy is now a disaster
By PEPE ESCOBAR* – ASIA TIMES Fascist Franco may have been dead for more than four decades, but Spain is still encumbered with his dictatorial corpse. A new paradigm has been coined right inside the lofty European Union, self-described home/patronizing dispenser of human rights…
Republicans, Trapped by Their Flimflam
Paul Krugman – The New York Times Last week the Trump administration and its congressional allies working on tax reform achieved something remarkable. They released a tax plan — or, actually, a vague sketch of a plan — that manages both to add trillions to the deficit and to…
Spain’s Rajoy sets the stage for a bigger battle over Catalonia
By Ishaan Tharoor – The Washington Post On Sunday, Catalonia’s controversial independence referendum was marred by violence as national police clashed with voters defending their polling stations. In Barcelona, security forces sent by Madrid fired rubber bullets and used…
International Day of Non-Violence – 2 October 2017
Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time Robert J. Burrowes* Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K.
Merkel’s Defeat Confirms Dismal Trend for Europe
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Sep 29 2017 (IPS) – Generally, media have failed to analyse why the result of German elections is the worst possible. Merkel is not a winner, but a leader now in a very fragile position, who will have to make many compromises and pay now for her mistakes.
Schäuble Leaves but Schäuble-ism Lives On
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. It was painful to read the encomiums for Wolfgang Schäuble yesterday as he is about to leave his post as German finance minister and become speaker of the Bundestag.
Trump’s Worst: An Update
Gail Collins* – The New York Times Donald Trump has just voted in the Worst Cabinet Member contest. “We’ll see,” he said when asked by reporters if he was going to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. I believe I speak for us all when I say this does not sound…