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Neo-liberalism

Understanding Trump

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures  Thoughts in and around geopolitics U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters and detractors are both obsessed with him. They share the belief that everything that has happened is because of him. His supporters believe his… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, Corruption, Fake News, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Racism, Radical extremism, Violence, xenofobia

What Kind of Country Prioritizes Billionaires During a Pandemic?

By Nomi Prins* -TomDispatch.com / The Nation The US government’s lopsided response to Covid-19 has only worsened astronomical levels of inequality. Sometimes things make sense only when seen through a magnifying lens. As it happens, I’m thinking about reality, the… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Neo-liberalism, Politics

In America, Business Profits Come First Over the Pandemic

By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute Blaming the deadly virus surge on individuals and their risky behavior ignores that the real fault lies with a government that chooses to prioritize the health of businesses over that of humans. Los Angeles,… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism

White Supremacy in Action

By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Police Stand Down as Trump Mob Storms Capitol to Disrupt Election Vote The U.S. Congress has certified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, hours after a violent, right-wing mob incited by President Trump interrupted proceedings and… Continue Reading →

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Three Major Threats to Life on Earth That We Must Address in 2021

By Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad(*) – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments. That these governments… Continue Reading →

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The Guardian view on the future of the union: Britain faces breakup

Editorial The combination of Boris Johnson, Covid and Brexit is creating a constitutional crash that is waiting to happen in 2021 The Covid year has intensified potentially terminal strains within the UK’s four-nation union. When Boris Johnson began to grapple… Continue Reading →

Brexit, Commerce, Economy / Finance, Health, Neo-liberalism, Populism

USA Downgraded as Civil Liberties Deteriorate Across the Americas

By Débora Leão and Suraj K. Sazawal (*) São Paulo/ Washington DC, Dec 15 2020 (IPS) – Few images better illustrate the recent decline in civil liberties in the United States than that of peaceful protesters near the White House… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Radical extremism

How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?

By Lawrence B. Glickman* – Boston Review If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start. But what were those “ideas” in the first place, and were they really as new as… Continue Reading →

History, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Racism, Radical extremism, xenofobia

The Guardian view on a Brexit deal: this is going to hurt

Editorial ‘Mrs Thatcher’s fingerprints can be found over Brexit.’ Brexit reveals the government’s ideological commitment to take the country back to where Margaret Thatcher left it Britain’s departure from the EU under Boris Johnson with – or without – a… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Millions of new poor are on the way – Who cares?

By Roberto Savio* The recent meeting of the G20 – scheduled to take place in Riyadh but held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic – has been an eloquent example of how the world is drifting, in a crisis of… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Civil Society, Economy / Finance, Environment, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Neo-liberalism, Racism

Why Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling

By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute   Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured tone, and less reliance upon Twitter to announce U.S.… Continue Reading →

Environment, Globalization, History, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism

Biden’s Dilemma

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The election is over, and barring major fraud or error, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. He begins as a weak candidate. The country is divided virtually down the… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Neo-liberalism, Radical extremism

Trump is gone, But Trumpism remains

By Roberto Savio* Now it is clear that Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. It is unlikely that Donald Trump’s legal manoeuvring will change the election results, as when a conservative Supreme Court in 2000 decided… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Fake News, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Radical extremism, Violence, xenofobia

Economists on the Run

By Michael Hirsh* – Foreign Policy Paul Krugman has never suffered fools gladly. The Nobel Prize-winning economist rose to international fame—and a coveted space on the New York Times op-ed page—by lacerating his intellectual opponents in the most withering way. In a series… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Globalization, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Global Poverty Soars– As Incomes of World’s Billionaires Hit New Highs

By Thalif Deen* Addressing poverty eradication last week, just ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, UN chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism

While the Poor Get Sick, Bill Gates Just Gets Richer

By Tim Schwab* – The Nation  The billionaire’s pandemic investments, like much of his work, remain a secret. In the early days of the pandemic, President Trump made headlines when he reportedly tried to secure rights to a vaccine from German developer CureVac… Continue Reading →

Health, Neo-liberalism, Science and technology

COVID-19. GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH REMAINS A “PRIVATE THING”

Riccardo Petrella*  The United States of Trump tried everything to derail the 75th UN General Assembly and thus jeopardise the future of the United Nations.  The president of China,  XI Jinping, by unexpectedly declaring on 24 September that his  country… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Civil Society, Health, Neo-liberalism

Why America’s Economic War on China Is Failing

By Vijay Prashad and  John Ross  (*) – Independent Media Institute U.S. President Donald Trump—supported by most of the U.S. establishment—deepened the U.S. government’s assault on the Chinese economy. The “trade war” seemed to play well with Trump’s political base, who somehow… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Radical extremism

How Ordinary People Can Save Their Country

By Ariel Dorfman* – The Atlantic One tiny mark on a ballot, and then one more, and then yet another forged a better, luminous collective future in a not so distant land. Can you recognize this country? In a momentous… Continue Reading →

Health, History, Human Rights, Neo-liberalism, Populism, Radical extremism

Trump joked while people suffered with Covid. Well, is now the time to stop?

By  Marina Hyde* – The Guardian Maybe the real victims of the president’s diagnosis are his MAGA disciples who don’t believe the virus even exists Well, it’s definitely a plot twist. Like a lot of people who sat through Tuesday’s… Continue Reading →

Health, Neo-liberalism, Populism

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