Sachs * | Common Dreams By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.George Orwell wrote in 1984 that “Who controls…
Agora of the Earth Inhabitants (*) The “water battle”, which took place in Sainte-Soline from 25 to 27 March, was a turning point in the history of the ecological and social movement in France, particularly in terms of the disproportionate use of State violence…
By James Bamford* – The Nation Recent Pentagon leaks reveal that the shadow war between Russia and the US over Ukraine is becoming more overt—and far more dangerous. On the eastern wall of the Kremlin, Spasskaya Tower rises high above the old gray paving stones of Red Square.
By Tim Gosling, Edit Inotai, Peter Dlhopolec and Claudia Ciobanu – Reporting Democracy Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw Elsewhere, Polish parties try to outdo each other over child handouts; the media is in the headlines in Czechia; and Slovakia’s new technocratic…
Sachs * – Common DreamsTo surmount the debt crisis, America needs to stop feeding the Military-Industrial Complex, the most powerful lobby in Washington.In the year 2000, the U.S. government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35% of the Gross Domestic Product…
Wolff* – Independent Media Institute A changing world order, a shrinking U.S. empire, migrations and related demographic shifts, and major economic crashes have all enhanced religious fundamentalisms around the world. Beyond religions, other ideological fundamentalisms likewise…
Klare* -TomDispatch China, India, and the Emerging New World Order Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the “G-2” — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a…
By Mark Malloch-Brown * – POLITICO Without fixing the debt and poverty crisis, we won’t even get close to fixing the global climate crisis, which threatens us all. If the richest countries in the world can’t find the will to face the global debt crisis, what are the chances…
By Juan Cole* – TomDispatch. A photo Beijing released on March 6th of Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a seismic shock in Washington. There was the Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party standing between Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s National…
By Ellen Brown* – ScheerPost Short sellers have made a killing in the recent banking crisis, scalping $14.3 billion from bank stock owners just in March of this year. Short sellers “borrow” stock they don’t own and immediately sell it, driving the price down. Then they buy…
