RT | November 17, 2016 US President Barack Obama has strongly defended globalization during his visit to Berlin on his final European tour before leaving office. He will stay in Germany until Friday before heading to Peru for the APEC summit. In a joint article for business magazine Wirtschaftswoche Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said […]
The emptiness of defeat By Margaret Kimberley | Black Agenda Report | November 16, 2016 Obama’s legacy is in tatters, and that is good news. Donald Trump’s victory was not just a win over Hillary Clinton, but against Democratic Party policies that silenced the rank and file. For years Democrats became convinced that the only […]
Photo – Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Michael Hudson | CounterPunch | November 15, 2016 In the week leading up to last Tuesday’s election the press was busy writing obituaries for the Republican Party. This continued even after Donald Trump’s “surprising” victory – which, like the 2008 bank-fraud crash, “nobody could have expected.” The pretense is […]
By James Petras :: 11.14.2016 Introduction Castigating the US electorate as accomplices and facilitators of wars, or, at best, dismissing the voters as ignorant sheep-people (‘sheeple’) herded by political elites, describes a partial reality. Public opinion polls, even the polls overwhelmingly slanted toward the center-right, consistently describe a citizenry opposed to militarism and wars, past […]
By Finian CUNNINGHAM | Strategic Culture Foundation | 14.11.2016 US President Barack Obama has just given the Pentagon orders to assassinate commanders of the Al Nusra terror network in Syria. American media reports over the weekend say the new urgency arises from US intelligence fears that al Qaeda-affiliated groups are preparing to mount terror attacks against Western […]
Open Letter to American Liberals By Thomas S. Harrington | Common Dreams | November 10, 2016 I would love to share, my liberal friend, in your sense of incredulity about the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of United States. I would love to stand with you in the sense of woundedness that, while […]
Press TV – November 12, 2016 US President Barack Obama is trying to provoke a confrontation with Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes charge of the White House, says Professor James Petras, an American writer and political analyst. Professor Petras, who has written several books on international political issues, made the remarks in a phone […]
By John Chuckman | Aletho News | November 10, 2016 Brushing away the extreme claims and rhetoric of much election analysis, there are some observations which deserve attention. These unfortunately mostly provide hard lessons and not a lot of encouragement for people who hold to principles of democracy, enlightenment, and progressivity. The election demonstrated perhaps […]
By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | November 7, 2016 The most fateful chapter of the war in northern Syria may be deemed to have commenced on Sunday with the launch of the offensive by Syrian Kurdish militia, backed by American and French Special Forces, to retake control of Raqqa, ‘capital’ of the Islamic […]
