After the three-summit confluence in Mecca, As`ad AbuKhalil assesses the consistent role of such gatherings as factories of rhetoric. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News As soon as the news emerged three weeks ago that two oil installations in…Read more →
The tech monopoly giants have a lot to learn from the railroad monopolies of the 19th Century during the First Gilded Age, writes Richard White. Southern Pacific steam engine No. 1364 in 1891. (Wikimedia Commons) By Richard White Stanford University Late…Read more →
Looking beyond classical economic models, Vince Taylor sees vast, private fortunes that belong mostly to society at large. By Vince Taylor Znet Hundreds of commentators have warned that extreme concentration of wealth threatens democracy and social stability. Not a day…Read more →
The media outlets that have suddenly rushed to Assange’s cause are doing so out of self-protection, writes Jonathan Cook, not legal or journalistic principle. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net A few corporate media publications have finally come out in very half-hearted support…Read more →
John Walsh recommends the YouTube comedian who tackles the establishment herd. By John V. Walsh Antiwar.com Jimmy Dore is a comic who has taken on Russia-gate, a deadly serious matter. He is one of those brave souls who count themselves as…Read more →
Edward Curtin writes about the fabricated world of engineered emergencies and digital alerts. By Edward Curtin Edwardcurtin.com “The internet was hardwired to be a surveillance tool from the start. No matter what we use the network for today – dating, directions,…Read more →
Jurisprudential Notes Toward Empowering and Liberating International Law and the United Nations
The real tyrants are U.S. allies in the Middle East (not Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua), writes Danny Sjursen. By Danny Sjursen TomDispatch.com American foreign policy can be so retro, not to mention absurd. Despite being bogged down in more military…Read more →
The next UK prime minister inherits a divided nation, a reduced standing in the world and one of the worst periods in British-Russian relations, writes Johanna Ross. By Johanna Ross InfoRos UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s political career officially ended in…Read more →
Caitlin Johnstone finds this jarring revelation reported by only a few outlets, often in an offhand manner. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that “Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that…Read more →
