By Editorial Board – The Washington Post SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears confident he has overcome the international backlash that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi 13 months ago. Last week, the annual investment conference the kingdom…
James Carroll* – TomDispatch. What can the fall of the Berlin Wall teach us at a time when democracy is in retreat, predatory capitalism is on the rise, and a new arms race is ramping up?
Editorial Boris Johnson wants to get rid of this House of Commons because it stands in the way of an even harder Brexit than he is letting on Oliver Cromwell’s speech attacking the Long Parliament in 1653 has gone down in history. “You have sat too long here for any good you…
By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay* – Global Research “If this [U.S.] government ever became a tyrant, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny…
By Gary Younge* – The Nation British MPs are tired of arguing, but that’s no reason to approve Boris Johnson’s disastrous deal There is a moment in the movie Primary Colors when presidential candidate Jack Stanton (played by John Travolta) demands that someone call his…
By Gary Younge* – The Guardian To reduce his presidency to a frail mind is to ignore the fact he’s an emblem of free-market, white supremacist nationalism While writing a New Yorker profile on Donald Trump in the late 1990s, Mark Singer attempted to discover something about the…
By Vicki Robin* – Other News Consensus is growing. Civilization as we know it is on a death watch. Like so many who stand at the bedside of ones we love, I feel helpless and heartbroken. With all the information we’ve had for decades – all the books/ papers/ websites with ever…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* As its very name suggests, Ecuador is geographically located in the middle of the world. And now, from all appearances, neoliberalism has decided to carry out its end-ofthe-world maneuvers in this country.
By Vijay Prashad* Each year, the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gathers at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. This year, the IMF will meet under the leadership of a new chief, Kristalina Georgieva, who crossed the street from the World Bank to take over this…
By Vicki Robin* – Other News After waging war comes building peace, right? Not in US politics.
