Catégorie : Politics

Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 24, 2014.

Interim Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk meets President Obama at White House, March 2014 (White House photo).

In the days following the Ukraine coup d’Etat of February 23, leading to the ousting of a duly elected president, Wall Street and the IMF–in liaison with the US Treasury and the European Commission in Brussels– had already set the stage for the outright takeover of Ukraine’s monetary system. The EuroMaidan protests leading up to “regime change” and the formation of an interim government were followed by purges within key ministries and government bodies.   Continuer la lecture de « Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” »

• John Perkins: Let’s make money (excerpt), uploaded by Mark Aurel 123, June 24, 2009: Part 1, 2.17 min; Part 2, 3.47 min. John Perkins calls himself a former « economic hit man » and describes US politics in developing countries based on economic interests;
• in german language: Hermann Scheer, SPD: Let’s make money, uploaded by Mark Aurel 123: Teil 1, 0.52 min; Teil 2 a, 3.00 min; Teil 2 b, 1.02 min;
• Hermann Scheer on the Big mistake in the Energy Debate (with Democracy Now), uploaded by AER (aerobique): October 2010: Part 1/3, 14.09 min; Part 2/3, 14.21 min; Part 3/3, 14.17 min;

Links:  Continuer la lecture de « Let's make money »

Published on truthout.org (first on Consortium News/News Analysis), by Lorraine Barlett, March 22, 2014.

Oh, how we Americans love to have someone to spar with, and to hate on, especially when it brings a renewed opportunity for us to engage in our favorite sport. So ramp up the rhetoric and ready the rockets, gang, it’s time for some war games. So, Risk, anyone? Oh wait … that’s just kids’ play. We all know that REAL men prefer Russian roulette … or do they simply march to Tehran?  Continuer la lecture de « Crimea and Punishment »

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, March 22, 2014.

Captain Jose Guillen Araque, of the Venezuelan National Guard, recently gave President Maduro a book on the rise of Nazism, warning that “fascism has to be defeated before it’s too late”! In retaliation for his prophetic warning, the patriotic young captain was shot by a US-backed assassin on the streets of Marcay in the state of Aragua on March 16, 2014.   Continuer la lecture de « Defeating Fascism before It’s too Late »

Novo Rossia: The Eastern and Southeastern Mainland Provinces of Ukraine – Published on Global Research.ca, by Israel Shamir, March 21, 2014.

Nobody expected events to move on with such a breath-taking speed. The Russians took their time; they sat on the fence and watched while the Brown storm-troopers conquered Kiev, and they watched while Mrs Victoria Nuland of the State Department and her pal Yatsenyuk (“Yats”) slapped each other’s backs and congratulated themselves on their quick victory.      Continuer la lecture de « Crimea: Putin’s Triumph. Now the Confrontation Moves East to “New Russia” »