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An Invitation to Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies

Edward Curtin In lieu of writing reviews of their own books – with the exception of Walt Whitman, who...

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Nothing Ever Happened

John Steppling Some books demand slower reading than others. Ed Curtin’s new book is such a case. But then...

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REVIEW: The people need to take back control

Tony Sutton A review of The Sport & Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada’s Public Wealth,...

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REVIEW: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone

Edward Curtin Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is “double-minded” in...

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REVIEW: The Man Who Skewers Presidential Numbskullery

Masterful essays take aim at the numbskullery of Trump, his hapless political opponents, and the boneheaded media warriors who...

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REVIEW: Global Justice and Finance

Philip Roddis Paleontologists tell us homo sapiens sapiens has walked the earth for 140,000 years, 130,000 of them as...

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An end to capitalism. An end to cash!

Review by Tony Sutton The UK working class lost much sympathy after its stunning rejection of Jeremy Corbyn’s socialist...

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REVIEW: Creative Destruction – How to start an economic renaissance

Frank Lee CYCLES OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION A recession is defined in economics as two or more quarters of negative...

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American Conspiracies & Cover-ups

Douglas Cirignano In today’s world, the phrase “conspiracy theory” is pejorative and has a negative connotation. To many people,...

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Class Contempt: A Washington Post Reporter’s Prison Diary

Rostam Pourzal Journalist Jason Rezaian, born in California to Iranian immigrant parents, was arrested with his wife in Tehran...

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REVIEW: Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Hope Kesselring Anybody who’s expecting shocking revelations from Edward Snowden’s new book, Permanent Record, is going to be disappointed....

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The Four Horsemen Cometh

Frank Lee “Aftermath” is the latest addition to three previous publications by Rickards, Currency Wars (2011), The Death of...

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Review: “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela”

A divided Korea, a decimated Vietnam, endless war in Afghanistan, a barely functional Iraq, a destroyed Libya, ongoing destruction...

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REVIEW: Pounding the road with America’s elderly workers

Tony Sutton Now here’s something to ponder as you munch your morning cornflakes: If the US economy is booming,...

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The 2001 Anthrax Deception

Antony C. Black If the notion that, ‘truth always lies 180 degrees opposite to the direction pointed by the...

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REVIEW: Israel, a Beachhead…

Philip Roddis This book is a timely response to three groups: Those yet to grasp that Israel in its...

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REVIEW: American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

David William Pear Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies...

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REVIEW: Revolution in the Red States

Tony Sutton If you’re one of those sophisticated urbanites who still believe Donald Trump was elected to the US...

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REVIEW: Generations apart – high hopes and stolen dreams

>There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when the English fishing town of Grimsby proudly lived up to...

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Answering the Mysterious Call of An Artist’s Spiritual Vocation

Edward Curtin Friend, hope for the Guest while you are alive.” Kabir, To Be a Slave of Intensity Strange...

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