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EU, UK, Russia and China Join Together to Dodge US Sanctions on Iran
EU, UK, Russia and China Join Together to Dodge US Sanctions on Iran The UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York is a place where world leaders are able to hold important meetings behind closed doors. Russia, China, the UK, Germany, France, and the EU seized that opportunity on Sept. 24 to achieve a real […]
“We Have Really Lost Our Way” – Trader Laments Market’s Risk Ignorance
“We Have Really Lost Our Way” – Trader Laments Market’s Risk Ignorance “BTFD”, “Goldilocks”, “Climbing a wall of worry”, “Powell Put”, “Trump Put”, “It’s different this time.” The excuses to buy stocks – no matter what headline tape bomb explodes – grow longer and more desperate as asset-gatherers and commission-takers know the end is nigh […]
Don’t share this! EU’s new copyright law could kill the free internet
Don’t share this! EU’s new copyright law could kill the free internet © Xesai / Getty Images It’s basically a battle between billionaires Axel Springer SE and Google. But it is ordinary internet users who will fall victim to the EU’s new copyright law, which urgently needs modification. It’s good to share. But the European […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Attack On Parade A “US Plot”; Tehran Summons Western Ambassadors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Attack On Parade A “US Plot”; Tehran Summons Western Ambassadors Iran’s top cleric and leader Ayatollah Khamenei has pointed the finger at the West for a terror attack on a military parade that took place early Saturday in the Southwest city of Ahvaz, which left 25 people dead and over 60 wounded. Khamenei’s condemnation […]
Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 15: Germany’s Merkel Demoted To Figurehead
Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 15: Germany’s Merkel Demoted To Figurehead You don’t see “Germany” and “ungovernable” in the same headline very often. But that might be about to change, as Chancellor Angela Merkel, for the past decade the central pillar of Europe’s Establishment, loses influence both at home and abroad. First came a wave of […]
New EU Copyright Law Could Force Online Platforms To Ban Memes Across Europe
New EU Copyright Law Could Force Online Platforms To Ban Memes Across Europe A new law being just passed in European Parliament and in the process of becoming finalized has received scant media attention, but could be nothing short of revolutionary in terms of its lasting impact on the internet, political speech and discourse, and the […]
Never Go Nuclear — The EU Goes After Hungary
Never Go Nuclear — The EU Goes After Hungary If there is one thing people with power always do when confronted with intransigence it is they always go nuclear. As a parent we’ve all been there. That moment when your child calls your bluff on a particular thing you’ve been arguing over and you’re left […]
Catastrophic’: EU Passes Copyright Directive Including Internet ‘Link Tax’ and ‘Upload Filter
Catastrophic’: EU Passes Copyright Directive Including Internet ‘Link Tax’ and ‘Upload Filter’ The European Parliment has passed a controversial copyright directive that contains provisions which force tech giants to install content filters and sets in place a potential tax on hyperlinking. The bill was passed in a final vote of 438 – 226 and will need to […]
ECB To Cut Euro Area Growth Outlook In Latest Global Slowdown Warning
ECB To Cut Euro Area Growth Outlook In Latest Global Slowdown Warning One week ago, Bank of America’s CIO Michael Hartnett predicted that Europe will be the “missing link” for the emerging market crisis to spread to the rest of the developed world and “morph into a global deleveraging event.” But where would the crack […]
A League of Leagues of Their Own in Europe
A League of Leagues of Their Own in Europe “There’s no crying in baseball!” — A League of Their Own The Great Realignment is coming to Europe next year. All the writing is on the wall. This summer saw German Chancellor Angela Merkel survive a leadership challenge by her coalition partner Horst Seehofer over her […]
EU Enters “Final Stage” of Crafting Bill Forcing Big Tech Censorship
EU Enters “Final Stage” of Crafting Bill Forcing Big Tech Censorship The European Union is in the final stages of crafting legislation that will force big tech and internet companies to censor “extremist” content and cooperate with law enforcement, Reuters reports. The bill is expected to be released by the end of the month and will […]
A Fake Brexit and the “Noble Dream” – Claudio Grass Speaks With Godfrey Bloom
A Fake Brexit and the “Noble Dream” – Claudio Grass Speaks With Godfrey Bloom Introductory Remarks: The “Anti-Politician” Godfrey Bloom, by PT Most of our readers will probably remember former UKIP chief whip and European Parliament representative Godfrey Bloom. As far as we know, he is the only politician who ever raised the issue of […]
A Sufficiency Vision for an Ecologically Constrained World
A SUFFICIENCY VISION FOR AN ECOLOGICALLY CONSTRAINED WORLD Owing to the limits of eco-efficiency and the need to liberate environmental space for the global poor, new policy instruments should be designed to bring about ecological fair sharing between countries and a new economy based on the concept of sufficiency. EU economic policies should pursue an […]
Italy-EU Migration Feud EU Boils Over With Italian Threats: Schengen at Risk
Italy-EU Migration Feud EU Boils Over With Italian Threats: Schengen at Risk Italy and the EU are in a standoff setup over migration issues. Italy threatens to halt payments to the EU budget. A migrant ship, the Diciotti, docked at the Italian port of Catania, but prime minister Luigi Di Maio threatened that Italy would […]
