Sharing is Key to a New Economic and Democratic Order
October 14, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
In order to meet the colossal challenges of the time, fundamental change to the socio-economic order is needed
How America Can Free Itself From Wall Street
October 14, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Wall Street owns the country. That was the opening line of a fiery speech that populist leader Mary Ellen Lease delivered around 1890. Franklin Roosevelt said it again in a letter to Colonel House in 1933, and Sen. Dick Durbin was still saying it in 2009.
Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All At Risk
September 23, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could. They can create money at will, and they have declared their “independence” from government. They have become rogue players in a game of their own.
The Hollow Centre
September 23, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
It’s hard now to believe how things once were. Full-blooded socialism never found a secure place in the British experience, but through the Seventies we had something more than the piecemeal reform of social democracy.
Juggling the Devil Sticks: Imran Khan, the military establishment and the Kashmir ‘issue’
September 23, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
As soon as Imran Khan took charge of the office of Prime Minister he announced a number of cosmetic economic policies
Alcohol: Why do we drink?
September 8, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Alcohol consumption is one damaging effect among many that flow from this dominant socio-economic system
Banks Are Becoming Obsolete in China-Could the U.S. Be Next?
September 8, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts The U.S. credit card system siphons off excessive amounts of money from merchants. In a typical $100 credit card purchase, only $97.25 goes to the seller. The rest goes to banks and processors. But who can compete with Visa and MasterCard?
For the Bahrainis Bahrain was Never Independent
August 27, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Bahrain is celebrating what is known as "the week of independence", where several celebrations take place to commemorate the end of the British mandate on 16th August 1971.
Camilo Comes to San Francisco and Analyzes the Soft Coup Attempt in Nicaragua
August 27, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Camilo's visit accomplished the goal. Media interviews in Spanish and English reached many thousands. He brought information and analysis which has been largely censored or ignored in coverage of Nicaragua.
Control Freaks
August 27, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Open your hand and breathe into the palm. Now close your fist. What have you caught?