COMMENTARY
Can the Real Left Be Resurrected?
Can the American Left Be Resurrected? PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “Where is the left wing when we need it” is a question I have asked at times. Some of my readers who confuse the left with […]
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COMMENTARY
The Trials of Andreas Georgiou & the Fraud That Drove Greece into Austerity
The Trials of Andreas Georgiou and the Fraud That Drove Greece into Austerity This furious effort of all Georgiou’s supporters to prevent his case from being brought to trial reveals their panic as well as […]
COMMENTARY
Staggering Poverty: British Kids Stuffing Food Into Pockets to Avoid Going Hungry
Staggering Poverty: British Kids Stuff Food Into Pockets to Avoid Going Hungry SPUTNIK NEWS The complacency of the British government is to blame for plunging hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners into poverty in […]
COMMENTARY
An Insider’s View of SYRIZA-Led Greek Surrender to EU Blackmail
An Insider’s View of SYRIZA-Led Greek Capitulation to EU Blackmail There were specific economic decisions that created the Greek crisis. It needn’t have happened if it weren’t deemed useful by the powers-that-be in Europe. The […]
COMMENTARY
The Problem Isn’t Populism: the Problem Is the Status Quo Has Failed
The Problem Isn’t Populism: the Problem Is the Status Quo Has Failed CHARLES HUGH SMITH The top 5% who have benefited so immensely from the consolidation of wealth and power cannot confess the status quo […]
COMMENTARY
The SPD establishment rushes to Angela Merkel’s rescue
The SPD establishment rushes to Merkel’s rescue Desperate to avoid an election, SPD leadership reverses itself and talks to Merkel about propping her up as Chancellor ALEXANDER MERCOURIS Days after the collapse of the coalition […]
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What is really behind Berlusconi’s return to politics?
What is really behind Berlusconi’s return to politics The EU needs an administrator for Italy who will not destroy the euro. The deal is pretty obvious; the devil you know is better than the devil […]
FINANCIAL
Is the unelected EU Commission preparing a new privatisation push?
Is the European Commission preparing a new privatisation push? CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY Concerns have been aroused that a new wave of privatisation could be prepared after the European Commission asked KPMG to study the “operational […]
GOVERNMENT
EU Anti-“Fake News” Authority Preparing For Mass Censorship in 2018
EU Anti-“Fake News” Authority Prepares Mass Censorship ALEX LANTIER The European Union (EU) is launching the construction of an authority to monitor and censor so-called “fake news.” It is setting up a High-Level Expert Group […]
COMMENTARY
Anti-BDS Laws & Pro-Israeli Parliament: Zionist Hasbara is Winning in Italy
Anti-BDS Laws and Pro-Israeli Parliament: Zionist Hasbara is Winning in Italy ROMANA RUBEO and RAMZY BAROUD A proposed law in the Italian Parliament is set to punish the boycott of Israel. In the past, such […]