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NATO Announces War Policy Against Russia
NATO Announces War Policy Against Russia On May 18th, Britain’s Guardian headlined “West and Russia on course for war, says ex-Nato deputy commander” and reported that the former deputy commander of NATO, the former British general Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff (who was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe from 2011-2014), expressed outrage that Britain isn’t urgently preparing for war against Russia, and […]
European Natural Gas Prices Collapse, as US Exporters Try to Muscle in on Russia, Norway, Qatar
European Natural Gas Prices Collapse, as US Exporters Try to Muscle in on Russia, Norway, Qatar US LNG exporters against the low-cost producers Oil and natural gas producers cannot catch a break of late it seems. A few years after the onset of the natural gas glut, Europe is experiencing a similar phenomenon with Russia […]
Russia’s Diversity of Opinion
Russia’s Diversity of Opinion The usual U.S. depiction of Russian media is that all you get is Kremlin propaganda, but prime-time talk shows actually offer wider diversity of opinion and more substantive debates than what appears on American TV, says Gilbert Doctorow. I remember with a shudder an exchange I had with Elmar Brok on March […]
The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP’s Threat to Europe’s Elderly
The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP’s Threat to Europe’s Elderly The most obvious approach to look at how European care for the elderly will evolve is to project technological trends and the costs of people living longer as diagnostic equipment, drug treatments and other medical science continues to improve. This kind of projection shows […]
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran
Chomsky: Europe Bows to Its ‘Washington Masters’ on Everything From Snowden to Iran (ANTIMEDIA) United States exceptionalism has created a preternaturally excessive number of military installments, deployments, and bases around the world. In point of fact, as David Vine described for the Nation in September 2015: “While there are no freestanding foreign bases permanently located in the United States, there […]
‘People before profits!’ Thousands rally against TTIP, US corporate rule, GMO & wars in Rome (VIDEO)
‘People before profits!’ Thousands rally against TTIP, US corporate rule, GMO & wars in Rome (VIDEO) © Ruptly Tens of thousands came out in the capital of Italy to decry the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal between the EU and the United States, which protesters believe would push Europe into corporate slavery. […]
A Dire Future
A Dire Future Do you remember all the hopes Americans had for Obama when we elected him to his first term? Painful memories. He betrayed the voters on every one of his promises. There was no change, except for the worst as Obama went on to become one of the most vicious war criminals in […]
Another step toward cash confiscation in Europe
Another step toward cash confiscation in Europe From today’s Open Europe news summary: ECB TO HALT PRODUCTION OF €500 NOTE, BUT IT WILL RETAIN ITS VALUE The European Central Bank announced yesterday that it would stop printing the €500 note from the end of 2018 due to, “concerns that this banknote could facilitate illicit activities.” […]
May Day Mayhem – Discontent on the Continent
May Day Mayhem – Discontent on the Continent Europe’s Political Class Under Fire All over Europe not only religious and national holidays are observed, but also a socialist holiday, which we always thought was a bit strange – and in a way quite telling (as far as we know, there is no holiday celebrating the free market). […]
A Torrid Week for the Transatlantic Corporatocracy
A Torrid Week for the Transatlantic Corporatocracy The carefully woven fabric is unraveling. A new survey conducted by YouGov for the Bertelsmann Foundation showed that only 17% of Germans believe the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a good thing, down from 55% two years ago. In the United States, only 18% support the deal compared to 53% […]
Letter from Europe
Letter from Europe Dear Sir , Inside of 25 years I’ve observed the shift of the mass-media in Europe from somehow different and somehow independent /original and free as much the official media can be in this “democracy-capitalism” to a “European Media” which is absolutely identical and absolutely uniformity qua content, being different only the […]
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS?
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS? Someone asked me to find war lies during the past few years. Perhaps they had in mind the humanitarian pretenses around attacking Libya in 2011 and Iraq in 2014, or the false claims about chemical weapons in 2013, or the lies about an airplane in Ukraine or the […]
Russian Aggression Unmasked (Sort Of)
Russian Aggression Unmasked (Sort Of) Provocative Fighter Jocks Back in 2014, a Russian jet made headlines when it passed several times close to the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea. As CBS reported at the time: “A Pentagon spokesperson told CBS Radio that a Russian SU-24 fighter jet made several low altitude, close passes in […]
A Great Awakening – Public Support for Fake “Free Trade” Deals Plunges in the U.S. and Europe
A Great Awakening – Public Support for Fake “Free Trade” Deals Plunges in the U.S. and Europe Public opposition to the sovereignty killing corporate giveaway marketed as a free trade deal known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become so widespread that all the leading candidates for the U.S. Presidency are publicly against it. Specifically, […]
US Assaults British Sovereignty
US Assaults British Sovereignty The Washington elite believe that the British people should serve Washington’s interest and not their own. To this end, President Obama has been sent to London to emphasize that the UK must remain in the EU. Does this make you wonder why it is important to Washington for the British people […]
