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The EU’s Crisis Is Global: Neocolonialism, Hyper-Financialization and Hyper-Globalization Come Home to Roost
The EU’s Crisis Is Global: Neocolonialism, Hyper-Financialization and Hyper-Globalization Come Home to Roost The EU’s crisis isn’t limited to energy. It is a manifestation of the global breakdown of Neocolonialism, Financialization and Globalization. The European Union (EU) was seen as the culmination of a centuries-long process of integration that would finally put an end to the […]
Nobody could have seen it coming
Nobody could have seen it coming Eighteen months ago, the UK average annual combined gas and electricity bill was £1,287. Later this week, we expect to learn that it will rise to £3,582 in October and to £4,266 in January 2023. Not, in reality, that anybody is going to pay that amount. All but those […]
Russia Admits Weaponization Of Gas, Halts NS1 Shipments “Until Sanctions Lifted” As EU Prepares Response To Energy Crisis
Russia Admits Weaponization Of Gas, Halts NS1 Shipments “Until Sanctions Lifted” As EU Prepares Response To Energy Crisis Putin is done playing around. Two days after Russia indefinitely halted nat gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for the amusing reason that there was an “oil leak” (shown below)… … on Monday Russia finally admitted what […]
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Pragu
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Prague Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala is blaming pro-Russian forces for mass demonstrations this weekend that saw tens of thousands of people protest against the government, the European Union and NATO amid soaring energy prices and inflation. The “Czechia First” demonstration saw 70,000 people gather to […]
‘Worst Yet to Come’ as Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High
An opposition activist shouts slogans holding up bread as he protests along with others against rising living costs, at the entrance of the president’s office in Colombo on March 15, 2022. (Photo: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images) ‘Worst Yet to Come’ as Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High “Over the coming months, governments […]
G7 Russian Oil Price Cap, Admission of Defeat From Collective West–Part 2
G7 Russian Oil Price Cap, Admission of Defeat From Collective West–Part 2
“Exorbitant Rise In Energy Prices” Forces Europe’s Top Steelmaker To Close Plants
“Exorbitant Rise In Energy Prices” Forces Europe’s Top Steelmaker To Close Plants Even though European power and natural gas prices have subsided this week, Germany, the largest economy in the bloc, still faces historically high energy costs that have forced cuts in industrial output. The latest example is the world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, which released […]
We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda
We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ One of the weirdest, most insane things happening today is the way the entire western world is being trained to freak out about “Russian propaganda” — which barely exists in the west — while ignoring […]
Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter “There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” – Henry Kissinger In the United Kingdom, a grassroots protest movement has broken out in response to the ongoing energy crisis. With the bill from its failed national policies coming due, ordinary citizens are organizing campaigns to ensure they are […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Patrick Lawrence Examines How the Western Press Has Become a Propaganda Tool of the War Industry and Ukrainian Government
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Patrick Lawrence Examines How the Western Press Has Become a Propaganda Tool of the War Industry and Ukrainian Government The war in Ukraine has exacerbated the loss of credibility within the western press, inflicting, journalist Patrick Lawrence argues, irreparable damage. The Ukraine conflict has plunged the world into a […]
“Don’t Be Fooled By Recent Strength… A Post-Dollar World Is Coming”
“Don’t Be Fooled By Recent Strength… A Post-Dollar World Is Coming” The currency may look strong but its weaknesses are mounting… This month, as the dollar surged to levels last seen nearly 20 years ago, analysts invoked the old Tina (there is no alternative) argument to predict more gains ahead for the mighty greenback. What […]
European power prices shatter records as energy crisis intensifies
European power prices shatter records as energy crisis intensifies Power prices in Europe continue to smash records, intensifying the region’s energy crisis and fanning fears about access to electricity and heating as the weather begins to cool. Russia is one of the world’s top producers of oil and natural gas. German power prices for next […]
Saudi Prince Delivers a Message About the Second Cold War
SAUDI PRINCE DELIVERS A MESSAGE ABOUT THE SECOND COLD WAR Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (ABS) said this week that OPEC+ may need to cut oil production. This may be necessary, he said, to correct problems in the market because “the paper and physical markets have become increasingly more disconnected.” This is rhetorical theater. It has no real […]
