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‘Fixing’ the Iran Nuke Deal Ahead of North Korea Talks Is a Terrible Idea

BY PHILIP GORDON* – Foreign Policy The road to Pyongyang does not pass through Tehran. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. These include the facts that Trump agreed to the…

21 March 2018 · 7 min read

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Trump and Trade and Zombies

Paul Krugman * – The New York Times Almost four decades have passed since Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously declared, “Of a sudden, the G.O.P. has become a party of ideas.” And his statement still holds true, with one modification: These days, Republicans are a party of zombie…

20 Mar 2018 · 4 min read

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The Guardian view on free speech online: let law decide the limits

Editorial — The Guardian

Editorial – The Guardian The standards by which the internet is controlled need to be open and subject to impartial judiciaries – not left to advertisers The revelations we publish about how Facebook’s data was used by Cambridge Analytica to subvert the openness of democracy are…

20 Mar 2018 · 4 min read

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Krugman : India has emerged as a super power

By Business Firstpost Staff

By Business Firstpost Staff Paul Krugman at News18’s Rising India Summit says nation has emerged as a super power, but govt shouldn’t have heavy hand on economy Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has marched ahead of countries like Japan and the…

19 Mar 2018 · 5 min read

Democracy

THE DEVIL'S DYNAMO

By John Scales Avery

By John Scales Avery * I would like to announce the publication of a new book entitled “The Devil’s Dynamo”. It is a collection of articles and book chapters that I have written about the way in which military-industrial complexes throughout the world drive and perpetuate the…

19 Mar 2018 · 11 min read

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Is The UK Manufacturing Its Nerve Agent Case For 'Action' On Russia?

Tyler Durden , ZeroHedge, Authored by Nafeez Ahmed via Oriental Review, The official claim that ‘Novichok’ points solely to Russia has been discredited… On Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that former Russian spy, Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia, were…

16 Mar 2018 · 14 min read

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Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA

By Lisa Hajjar — The Nation

By Lisa Hajjar* – The Nation Obama’s decision not to pursue accountability has given Bush administration criminals golden-shield powers. President Trump finally found the opportunity to parade his pro-torture bona fides.

16 Mar 2018 · 6 min read

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Reflections on Turkey: From Mustafa Kemal To Recep Erdogan

Viewpoint by Pier Francesco Zarcone* ROME (IDN) – Has Turkey changed under Erdogan? The question may seem absurd due to the habit of considering Turkey a secular and Westernised country before Recep Erdogan came to power.

15 Mar 2018 · 10 min read

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A young Stephen Hawking would never have made it in today’s age of austerity

Opinion, Zoe Williams – The Guardian The late physicist was a genius and a visionary but it is hard to imagine those qualities thriving with cuts to disability support and the NHS under attack What is a fitting tribute to Stephen Hawking? It’s probably not to ask, as John…

15 Mar 2018 · 3 min read

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The Koch Brothers Get Their Very Own Secretary of State

By John Nichols — The Nation

By John Nichols* – The Nation Trump’s pick to replace Rex Tillerson is an errand boy for billionaires In the Republican wave election of 2010, when Charles and David Koch emerged as defining figures in American politics, the greatest beneficiary of Koch Industries largesse was…

14 Mar 2018 · 6 min read