Another Keynes was Born and Lived and Died in Japan and The West Didn’t Notice
November 19, 2013 5:21 am Leave your thoughts
Another Keynes was born in the Saga Prefecture in the north west part of the island of Kyushu, Japan, in 1910
Archives
Schulz Fights For A Democratic Europe
November 17, 2013 1:53 am Leave your thoughts
I first heard Martin Schulz speak in Sofia in June at the PES Congress. He was then, as he is now, President of the European Parliament. He articulated a clear vision for reforming the EU which struck a chord
The Assassination
November 16, 2013 4:31 am Leave your thoughts
From the first moment, I did not have the slightest doubt that Yasser Arafat was assassinated
Russian Revolution still a shining example
November 15, 2013 4:14 pm Leave your thoughts
Following the 96th anniversary of this world-shaking event, Eugene Puryear describes the historical significance of the Russian revolution and shows that more people are looking to an alternative as global capitalism continues to decline
Drop the outrageous charges on CCNY student activists!
November 15, 2013 4:06 pm Leave your thoughts
The ANSWER Coalition calls for protests and a letter-writing campaign to reinstate Khalil Vasquez and Tafador Sourov, two student leaders at the City College of New York disciplined and charged for trying to stop the closure of a student centre
Bankocracy: from the Venetian Republic to Mario Draghi and Goldman Sachs
November 14, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
From the 12th century to the beginning of the 14th, the Knights Templar, present in much of Europe, had become the bankers for the powerful and had taken part in the financing of several crusades
The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland
November 14, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The Irish have a long history of being tyrannized, exploited, and oppressed-from the forced conversion to Christianity in the Dark Ages, to slave trading of the natives in the 15th and 16th centuries, to the mid-nineteenth century "potato famine" that was really a holocaust
Unite’s leverage campaign: the hypocrisy of the bosses
November 10, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The blacklisting bosses were not too worried when they blacklisted 3,200 construction workers for daring to speak out about health and safety and only trying to prevent their fellow workers from being killed at work
The Schumacher Institute: An Interview with Ian Roderick, Director
November 10, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Born in 1911, Ernst Fritz Schumacher was and continues to be one of the most inspiring environmental writers that the UK has ever had
The Judaization of Israel
November 9, 2013 11:04 pm Leave your thoughts
On my 16th birthday, in 1939, I rushed to the district registration office of the Government of Palestine to change my name officially