By Stuart Schrader* – Boston Review During the Cold War, the “police apparatus” was held up as a prime example of Soviet repression. Yet in its efforts to fight subversives, the United States ended up with its own carceral state. Imagine an empire with a massive…
By Tom Kibasi * – The Guardian Without a second referendum we face a decade of deregulation, and a repeat of the 1980s assault on working people Hopes for a second referendum on Brexit are receding, as more and more Tories show their true colours and fall in line behind Boris…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International The Yugoslav civil war, 1991-2001: 150,000 dead in Europe The future does not belong to globalists, but to patriots …. We are the most powerful power in the world, but I hope I will never have to use that power. (Donald Trump…
By Charlie Kirk* – Newsweek On Saturday, the British Parliament voted to withhold the deal proffered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to finalize a United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union, an effort famously known as “Brexit.” The vote by Parliament is a clear denial of…
By Kate Nicholson – Express.co.uk CATALONIA protests continue to rage on after Spain jailed leaders of the Catalan separatist movement and, despite campaigners’ pleas, the EU has refused to intervene – even though some separatists believed Brussels would help give “a voice” to…
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.
Editorial – The Guardian The Guardian view on the dash for a deal For Boris Johnson, 31 October is a sacred date, beyond which Britain must not still be a member of the EU. But before 31 October, there was 12 April, and 29 March before that.
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…
