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India Mortgaged? Forced-Fed Illness and the Neoliberal Food Regime
Colin Todhunter Like many countries, India’s food system was essentially clean just a generation or two ago but is now being comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives,...
Matthew d’Ancona and his fake news
Philip Roddis from Steel City Scribblings Matthew d’Ancona, in yesterday’s Guardian, is concerned about the threat to democracy from fake news. He wants to see ‘social media giants’ …...
“The Faces of North Korea”
Text, photos and film: Andre Vltchek Here it is – my short film about North Korea. No need to drag it, to prolong it – let’s just watch it...
America’s latest witch-hunt
The current Maria Butina indictment in the US reminds one of Voltaire’s famous saying: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will...
New Zealand – The ebb & flow of History
Hugh O’Neill There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound...
Haughty Imperialism: Genetically Modifying the Way to Food Security?
Colin Todhunter Those familiar with the debate around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be forgiven for thinking that science alone can solve the world’s food problems. The industry asserts that GMOs are...
Has Jeremy Corbyn “gone full Trump”? Well, what if he has?
David Lindsay Has Jeremy Corbyn “gone full Trump”? Well, what if he has? In 2016, the American Democratic Party was defeated in the person of the most economically neoliberal...
IRAN: US Regime Change Project is Immoral and Illegal
Contemptuous of international law, the US makes no secret of its plots to overthrow the leaders of internationally recognized governments that reject the neoliberal New World Order. Iran...
To Make a Sailor Blush
W Stephen Gilbert I do not believe in personal abuse of any sort. Treat people with respect, treat people as you wish to be treated yourself, listen to their...
The Sexual Passion of Winston Smith
There is a vast literature analyzing the political prophecy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother, double-speak, telescreens, crimestop, etc. – all applied to our current political situation....
No, Carole Cadwalladr, THIS is what war looks like…
Carole Cadwalladr has been applying her fingertips to her keyboard again. This is usually bad news for anybody offended by giant leaps of logic or insufferable smugness, but it’s...
Donald Trump – Despised by Europe, Despises Europe
Andre Vltchek Why is Europe full of hate for Donald Trump? Is it, perhaps, because millions could soon die in yet another of the senseless and horrible wars unleashed...
“Democratic Institutions?” – 10 Lessons from history that will destroy your trust in the CIA
In the hysterical wake of the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, President Donald Trump was roundly criticised in the media for taking the side of a "hostile state" over his
Trump’s Treasonous Traitor Summit or: How Liberals Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New McCarthyism
So it appears America and democracy have miraculously survived the dreaded Trump-Putin summit … or Trump’s meeting with his Russian handler, as the neoliberal ruling classes and their mouthpieces...
Helsinki Summit: Trump and Putin Respond to Mueller Indictments
Eric Zuesse In the July 16th joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the question arose of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recent...
Open Thread: Trump-Putin Summit and Mounting Hysteria
Yesterday, Trump and Putin met for a summit in Helsinki. The resulting hysteria, all throughout the mainstream media and in the minds of neocon and (self-described) "liberals" alike. Just to...
Ukraine’s anti-Roma pogroms ignored as Russia blamed for far right resurgence
Max Parry Last month, former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a lecture at Trinity College Dublin made remarks condemning Russian President Vladimir...
What is the Real Agenda Behind the Great “Twitter Purge”?
Kit On July 12th, Twitter launched their announced “purge”. Stripping roughly six percent of all the followers on the platform. Barack Obama lost millions, so did Katy Perry. The...
They say there’s no “magic money tree”…well there is! But…
Bryan Gocke In Britain, if it wasn’t for BREXIT we would be discussing (among other things) Labour’s proposed economic policies, including an expansion of public sector spending. There would...
Meanwhile in Ukraine….
In one of the largest, if not the largest, Neo-Nazi demonstration in Europe since WW2, 20,000 fascists and their supporters marched through the streets of the Ukrainian capital celebrating...
