Greeks Vote NO – a rebuke to EU-imposed austerity

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 »

Neither Greater Asia nor Greater Europe: America’s Chaos versus a Silk World Order

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 »

A Revolutionary Pope Calls for Rethinking the Outdated Criteria That Rule the World

Published on Dissident Voice, by Ellen Hodgson Brown, July 3, 2015.

Pope Francis’ revolutionary encyclical addresses not just climate change but the banking crisis. Interestingly, the solution to that crisis may have been modeled in the Middle Ages by Franciscan monks following the Saint from whom the Pope took his name.   Continuer la lecture de « A Revolutionary Pope Calls for Rethinking the Outdated Criteria That Rule the World »