By Hatice Cengiz* – The New York Times Washington hasn’t done enough to bring the murdered Saudi columnist’s killers to justice In May, I was invited to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend some hearings at Congress. I had imagined the city in the words of my fiancé, Jamal…
By Peter Geoghegan* – openDemocracy Tory hopefuls [to the post of Prime Minister] under fire for accepting cash from company linked to major ‘climate science denial’ group. Johnson has yet to declare the funding, ‘raising questions about who else is bankrolling him’.
By Rebecca Gordon* – TomDispatch/The Nation The president is considering pardons for military members accused of war crimes, but the officials responsible for our disastrous wars already have free passes. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2019 (IPS) – The world’s 10 most under reported displacement crises— which have rendered millions of people homeless– have continued to worsen due either to political neglect, a shortage of funds or lack of media attention, according to a new…
ZeroHedge Why Trump Now Wants Talks With Iran – Authored by Pepe Escobar(*) via The Saker blog, If Tehran blocks the Strait of Hormuz it could send the price of oil soaring and cause a global recession Unlike Deep Purple’s legendary ‘Smoke on the Water’ – “We all came out to…
By Shane Croucher* – Newsweek The European media is keeping a close eye on President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., which is preparing to leave the EU through its Brexit process and hoping to forge stronger trading links to America. Trump has clashed with the European…
Editorial Hobnobbing with the royals will boost the president’s ego. But this is not the greatest danger of rolling out the red carpet now Two and a half years after Theresa May rushed to become the first world leader to meet the newly inaugurated President Trump in Washington…
By Ellen Brown * – WEB OF DEBT BLOG This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1. The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, shooting up from $9.4…
By Amartya Sen* – The New York Times The Hindu nationalists were victorious. What does that say about India?
By Shane Croucher *– Newsweek Two friends of President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, are set to dominate British politics after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, in an emotional address, announced she would step down on June 7, her tenure derailed by her inability…
