By Richard Roman and Edur Velasco Arregui / Socialist Project.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks started on August 16 with very little of the fire and fury Donald Trump had promised during his campaign. His pledge to abolish the deal has largely been replaced with a plan to modernize it.
By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet.
A battlefield for an endless American war.
Photo Credit: David Axe/Flickr Creative Commons
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / www.PopularResistance.org
By Neena Satija / Propublica.
Climate change will bring more frequent and fierce rainstorms to cities like Houston. But unchecked development remains a priority in the famously un-zoned city, creating short-term economic gains for some while increasing flood risks for everyone.
An aerial shot of downtown Houston during the "Tax Day Flood" in April. (Jordan Anderson/DoubleHorn Photography)
By Megan Darby / Climate Change News.
Sovcomflot vessel cut through thinning sea ice on the northern sea route to carry its cargo of fuel from Norway to South Korea in record time
The Christophe de Margerie is capable of sailing through ice up to 2.1 metres thick (Pic: Sovcomflot)
By Jeff Faux / Democracy Journal.
Simply because Trump said NAFTA was bad for American workers, doesn’t mean it wasn’t. Just don’t look to him for a fix.
By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim / Venezuela Analysis.
Puebla, Mexico, August 18, 2017 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) approved Friday a decree that will allow it to legislate on national security issues.
Under the decree, the ANC will be empowered to pass legislation on issues including the “preservation of peace, security, sovereignty, the socio-economic and financial system,” according to its president, Delcy Rodriguez.
By Juan Carlos Monedero / The Dawn.
Credit: teleSUR
Monedero, leader of Podemos, is a studious and old man familiar with the processes of change in Latin America, responds to the most common concerns about the process led by Maduro in Venezuela, including the Constituent Assembly.
By Andrew Levine / Counterpunch.
Photo by Orin Zebest | CC BY 2.0
