former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Dissident Voice, by Robert Hunziker, July 9, 2015.
Neoliberalism, the privatization and commoditization of everything that moves, has experienced a great run over the past three decades, jump-started in the 1980s by PM Thatcher and President Reagan, christened in 1951 by Milton Friedman. Continuer la lecture de « Is Neoliberalism Finally Running Out of Tricks? »
Published on Spiegel Online International, an Essay by Barry Eichengreen, July 8, 2015.
The Greek crisis could have been stopped years ago if European politicians hadn’t been so stubborn. They should have followed the example set by the United States in dealing with Puerto Rico’s problems. Continuer la lecture de « America's Greece: Fixing Puerto Rico Could Provide Answers for Europe »
in 16 nice post card videos, uploaded by P.-Calin A., September 8, 2013:
Published on counterpunch, by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, July 06, 2015:
[LAST UPDATE]: With 90% of the votes counted, the Greek people have voted 61% to 39% against accepting the latest round of austerity that the EU is trying to impose on the Greek people for the benefit of the One Percent. What is amazing is that 39% voted for the One Percent against their own interests. This 39% vote shows that propaganda works to convince people to vote against their own interest. Continuer la lecture de « Greeks Vote NO – a rebuke to EU-imposed austerity »
Published on Global Research.ca, by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 3, 2015.
Tectonic geopolitical shifts are taking place in Eurasia. The Venetian merchant Marco Polo and the Moroccan scholar Ibn Battuta, both great travelers of their days, would be thoroughly impressed with the trade networks that are developing. The Eurasia of today is developing into a vast network of superhighways, railroad connections, mammoth ports, and sophisticated airports. Continuer la lecture de « Neither Greater Asia nor Greater Europe: America’s Chaos versus a Silk World Order »