Mois : juillet 2016

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1283, by Benjamin Selwyn, July 20, 2016.

Reorienting value generated within ‘global poverty chains’ is essential to improve the lives of an impoverished world labour force. Continuer la lecture de « Rethinking Recovery: Poverty Chains and Global Capitalism »

… open Letter About Iraq to the Swedish Foreign Minister – Published on Global Research.ca, by Sigyn Meder, July 19, 2016.

Ramadi “was liberated” by being destroyed. The civilian population of the city are internal refugees. The bombs of the US-Coalition contributed to death and destruction. Continuer la lecture de « Humanitarian Crisis in Fallujah »

… Erdogan’s Chief Adversary and Public Enemy No. 1 – Publisched on Spiegel Online International, by Veit Medick and Roland Nelles, with additional reporting by Christoph Sydow, July 18, 2016.

In a meeting at his compound in Pennsylvania, Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen defends himself against claims made by Turkey’s president that he was behind this weekend’s failed coup. He alleges that power has poisoned Erdogan.   Continuer la lecture de « A Visit with Fethullah Gülen »

Published on Intrepid Report (first in Wayne Madsen Report ), by Wayne Madsen, July 15, 2016.

The “Queen of Surveillance,” UK Home Secretary Theresa May, has assumed the office of prime minister. May is a longtime champion of every form of intrusive surveillance that ever came before her desk at the Home Office. For Britain, what is already the world’s leading high-tech surveillance state will now move closer to George Orwell’s dystopian futuristic Britain, a country he dubbed “Airstrip One.”   Continuer la lecture de « Big Mother takes over helm of UK »

Published on Current Concerns, by Professor Richard A. Werner, D. Phil. (Oxon), July 12, 2016.

Concerning the second question, the dominant issue in the debate has been the question whether there will be a significant negative economic impact on the UK from exiting the EU. Prime Minister David Cameron, together with the heads of the IMF, the OECD and various EU agencies have given dire warnings that economic growth will drop, the fiscal position will deteriorate, the currency will weaken and UK exports will decline precipitously. George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer has threatened to cut pensions if pensioners dare to vote for exit. But what are the facts?   Continuer la lecture de « EU BASICS – your Guide to the UK Referendum on EU Membership »