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WTO Summit to Ignore Price Crisis, Agricultural Dumping
Timothy A. Wise. / Common Dreams.
Around the world, chronically low crop prices are keeping farmers from making a living despite record harvests.
Battle for Democratic Party: After the Unity Reform Commission
By Norman Solomon
With the Democratic Party’s “Unity Reform Commission” now history, major political forces are entering a new stage of contention over the future of the party. Seven months after the commission’s first meeting -- and nine months after Hillary Clinton backer Tom Perez won a close election over Bernie Sanders supporter Keith Ellison to become chair of the Democratic National Committee -- the battle lines are coming into focus for next year.
The Dangers of the E-Commerce Agenda in Trade Negotiations: Statement by the Just Net Coalition
7 December 2017
The Just Net Coalition 1 (JNC) was formed at a civil society meeting in New Delhi in February 2014. It comprises several dozen organisations and individuals from different regions globally concerned with internet governance, human rights and social justice, and the relationship between them.
The U.S. Media Suffered Its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened
By Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept.
Over What Happened
Russia wants to join the ISIS battle in Iraq
By: Shawn Snow / Military Times.
A Russian Su-25 ground attack jet is shown parked at the Hemeimeem Air Base in Syria, with Su-24 bombers seen in the background in Dec. 2015. Russia has been carrying out an air campaign in Syria since Sep. 30. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Russia says it is ready to start talking with the U.S. about helping to destroy the remnants of the Islamic State militants in western Iraq.