Pillar* – LobeLog ** National Security Advisor John Bolton, aided by his comrade-in-arms Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is doing everything possible to instigate a war with Iran. Naked aggression as a means of starting such a war may be too much for even Bolton to pull off, so…
By Kevin Liptak — CNN Washington (CNN)Hungary’s hardline nationalist prime minister, whose erosion of checks on his power has led some to describe him as a de facto dictator, will meet President Donald Trump in Washington next week, the White House announced on Tuesday. The May…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury (*) KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, May 7 2019 (IPS) – Over the last four decades, growing concentration of market power in the hands of oligopolies, if not monopolies, has been greatly enabled by ostensibly neo-liberal reforms, worsening…
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) Authored by Thierry Meyssan (**) via The Voltaire Network Since the Treaty of Maastricht, all the members of the European Union (including the neutral countries) have placed their defences under the suzerainty of NATO, which is directed…
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post At the end of last week, it appeared President Trump had authorized a stunning reversal of U.S. policy. According to a White House statement, Trump had placed a phone call to renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who is leading a…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram* To ensure public acceptability, some benefits accrue to many in the early stages of privatization in order to minimize public resistance. However, in the longer term, privatization tends to enrich a few but typically fails to deliver on its ostensible…
BAHER KAMAL – Wall Street International Magazine It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make just one single pair of jeans Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo… These are just some of the world’s most prestigious fashion catwalks.
BY OTHERWORDS – The Mind Unleashed! This March marked the 16th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
By Claire Provost and Mary Fitzgerald (*) – openDemocracy MEPs call for action as openDemocracy analysis reveals ‘shocking’ flows of cash crossing the Atlantic to push ultra-conservative agendas 27 March 2019 (openDemocracy)* — US Christian right ‘fundamentalists’ linked to the…
By Roberto Savio* Rome, March 27, 2019 (OtherNews) — Since the powerful march of hundreds of thousands of students in 1,000 towns against climate change, an unexpected campaign of delegitimation, ”demystification” and demonisation has started against Greta Thunberg, the Swedish…
