Why I Became a “Covid Denier”
Kevin Smith There have been a wide selection of articles published here over the last year on Covid-19 and lockdowns. Since March, the thinking of many of us has...
WATCH: Your Guide to the Great Monetary Reset
Do you know what it means when the Managing Director of the IMF warns of a “new Bretton Woods moment?” How about when the head of the BIS revels...
Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
Colin Todhunter The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. Smallholder farmers...
“Own Nothing and Be Happy”: The Great Reset’s Vision of the Future
Colin Todhunter The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, economists and other high-profile individuals...
WATCH: US economist urges covert violence to provoke war with Iran
Many believe war with the Islamic Republic of Iran has been the dream of some hardcore neocons in Washington since at least 2001. Back in 2012 former employee of...
The Obvious Dirty Dealings Behind Julian Assange’s Arrest
The US has been planning to have Julian Assange handed over for a longtime, that much is obvious. Mike Pence, the Vice President, was visiting Ecuador last year, notionally...
Accomplishments of Eleven Years of the “Process of Change” in Evo Morales’ Bolivia
Stansfield Smith via Chicagoalbasolidarity Evo Morales will soon have been the president of Bolivia for 12 years, heralding the ascent of the indigenous social movements to governmental power. This...
Greece has become the EU’s third protectorate
by Jan Zielonka, August 14, 2015, OpenDemocracy The EU looks increasingly like an empire, having just created its third protectorate in the Balkans. Greece will effectively be run by...
What is the European Union For?
by Frank After all the initial eu(ro)phoria and hopes placed upon the original concept of a non-aligned, social-democratic Euro-bloc, the reality has turned out somewhat differently. In a pamphlet...
Nobel Economics Versus Social Democracy
by Avner Offer, October 10, 2016, via Project Syndicate Of the elites who manage modern society, only economists have a Nobel Prize, whose latest recipients, Oliver Hart and Bengt...
Reforming the international institutional framework – Part 1
by Bill Mitchell, Economic Outlook Net This continues the unedited excerpts that will appear in my new book (with Italian journalist Thomas Fazi) which is nearing completion. This material...
After Greece and Cyprus, they prepare to attack Italy
by Simon Wilson, MoneyWeek Italian banks are on the brink of collapse and EU rules make bail-outs seem politically impossible. Will they fall – and who will they take...
Debt and Austerity: Greece Continues to Be Sucked Dry
by Peter Koenig, via Global Research How long will this go on? How long will we see the photographs of a Mr. Tsipras and his Finance Minister in despair....
Brexit: A Workers’ Response to Oligarchs, Bankers, Flunkies and Scabs
by James Petras, July 14, 2016 Introduction: The European Union is controlled by an oligarchy, which dictates socio-economic and political decisions according to the interests of bankers and multi-national...
Life in a Modern-day Debt Colony: The Truth about Greece
by Michael Nevradakis, via 99GetSmart In May, likely for the first time in the post-war history of the Western world, a national parliament willingly ceded what remained of its...
Brexit and the Diseased Liberal Mind
by Jonathan Cook The enraged liberal reaction to the Brexit vote is in full flood. The anger is pathological – and helps to shed light on why a majority...
Nuland to Congress: We Spend $100 Mil a Year Trying to Destabilize Russia (Video)
by Ricky Twistdale, via Russia Insider On Tuesday [June 7, 2016], the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations scheduled a two-hour anti-Russian hate-fest. Lies, misinformation and jaw-dropping stupidity were...
Buy Buy Europe, Part 4: Bratwurst, Lederhosen and Minijobs
by Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Film Review Buy, Buy Europe by Peter De Vos (2013) is a five-part miniseries describing how European banks have hijacked the euro monetary union to...
How “German logic” turns into irrationality
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, Katehon I remember the talk I had with the German Ambassador in Athens and Mr. Tsipras in February 2013, during a reception at the Russian Embassy. ...
Iceland proves the nation state is alive and well
by Bill Mitchell, May 31, 2016 On May 27, 2016, Statistics Iceland (the national statistical agency) released the news – Iceland economy to grow by 4.3% in 2016. The...
