BY CRAIG UNGER* – New Republic How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House. In 1984, a Russian émigré named David Bogatin went shopping for…
by Tyler Durden [1] – Zero Hedge [2] [3] Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, [4] The strategy that the American deep state intends to employ to sabotage once and for all the possibilities of a rapprochement between the United States and Russia…
Oliver Milman* – The Guardian Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century’s end There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century…
Roger Cohen – The New York Times So the Scaramouch, a stock clown figure of old Italian comedy, is gone as White House communications director. Anthony Scaramucci’s foul mouth was never going to pass muster in a White House run by a retired United States Marine Corps general.
By Anna Gromada (The Guardian) and Krisztián Simon (Political Critique) —————————————————————————————— Pride is at stake in Poland’s tussle with the EU. It won’t give ground easily Anna Gromada* – The Guardian Poland’s…
Robert Fisk* – The Independent Isis is now facing total defeat in Qalamoun, and the Syrian army – in Lebanon – Hezbollah and the Lebanese army earnestly wish to bring this about Karra Mountain, Western Syria – Syrian troops are now set up in positions on the Lebanese side of the…
by Trita Parsi* – Lobelog.com Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain terms and with no effort to disguise his duplicity, that he will claim that Tehran is cheating on the nuclear deal by October—the facts be…
Roger Cohen* – The New York Times WASHINGTON — On the first Friday in May, Foreign Affairs Day, the staff gathers in the flag-bedecked C Street lobby of the State Department beside the memorial plaques for the 248 members of foreign affairs agencies who have lost their lives…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Venezuela has been undergoing one of the most difficult moments of her history. I have been following the Bolivarian Revolution from its beginning with critical attention and solidarity.
By Katha Pollitt – The Nation Many progressives are depressed and angry. But there are also glimmers of hope.
