March for a Different Europe in Rome, March 25, 2017. From DiEm25 facebook page.
Allowing EU member states to move in different directions and at different speeds is precisely the wrong way to address the differing concerns of Europeans living in different countries – and it seems an odd way to unite them behind a single way forward for the continent.
Death might be the ultimate equalizer, but in the case of David Rockefeller, considerable wealth brought unacceptable privilege and made survival to illness obscene by any moral or even medical ethics standards. On August 24, 2016, David Rockefeller received his 7th heart transplant which made him, besides being the grandson of the United States’ richest man and first billionaire, the worldwide record holder for number of heart transplants. Coincidentally, musician Chuck Berry passed away a couple of days before David Rockefeller.
Painful moves and painful movements have been underway in Brexiting Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May of the UK initiated the Brexit bluster via letter, and March 29, 2017 may well go down in the annals of the European project as more than a mere bruising farewell. The letter has the sense of having cake and munching on it too. There[Read More...]
European Union head Jean-Claude Juncker is a bit rattled by Donald Trump.
Like all good globalist, neo-liberals, instead of trying to figure out why the people of the UK voted to leave the EU and try to fix the malignant problems plaguing the failed European Union, Juncker decided to blame it on Trump.
We are certain that all of America will listen to Juncker attentively, should he begin to campaign for a Texit, Ohioxit or Calxit.
Läs min senaste krönika hos Mårtensson:Tänk om Brexit blir en succé? »"Tänk om Brexit blir en succé – och Storbritannien blir än mer en hub för handel, internationellt företagande, industri och finansiella tjänster? Det är ju faktiskt bara en fråga om vilja. Vilket kan vara precis vad EU-eliten fruktar."
Against a backdrop of Brexit, now is a pertinent time to rethink our ideas of society. Jon Alexander suggests that when we consider ourselves citizens rather than consumers, communities are stronger and more effective
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From participatory democracy to local currencies, signs abound that communities are taking power back into their own hands. Our pick of fascinating facts about people coming together
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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, right, and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, hold a bilateral meeting before the start of the G20 summit, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. (Narendra Shrestha/AP)
As the UK triggered its divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is already working to secure new trade partnerships and deals in the Middle East.
On what is already being called in Britain “Brexit Day”, both the opponents and the supporters of Brexit are restating their positions. Since both sets of positions are shot through with illusions, it seems a good point to say something about them.
21st Century Wire says…
British Prime Minister Theresa May has formally invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union meaning that the United Kingdom will begin its departure today.
The signed letter by the Prime Minister was hand delivered today by Britain’s permanent representative to the EU, Tim Barrow, and given to European Council President Donald Tusk.
