The CIA, Torture, and American “Democracy”
January 11, 2015 9:04 pm Leave your thoughts
The Senate report on CIA torture reads like a Stephen King novel, a transcript from the Nuremberg trials, or Josef Mengele's notes from Auschwitz
Tag Archive: Global
Why leaving fossil fuels in the ground is good for everyone
January 9, 2015 8:21 am Leave your thoughts
As a new report is published on the need to limit fossil fuel production to stop dangerous global warming, the UK is poised to pass an act committing governments to extracting as much oil out of the ground as possible, writes George Monbiot.
Sacred Cows for slaughter
January 1, 2015 11:20 pm Leave your thoughts
A few thoughts from Felix McHugh to great 2015
Where trade agreements are a risk to sovereignty
December 24, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
A nation's sovereign right to determine matters within its borders is put at risk where its government signs a trade agreement which includes a dispute resolution clause known as an Investor State Dispute Settlement ('ISDS') clause
Lenin: State and Revolution, Chapter 6: Vulgarisation of Marx by the Opportunists
December 22, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins continues to guide us through Lenin's work - State and Revolution
What GMOs Are Really About: Profits, Power and Geopolitics
December 22, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not essential for feeding the world
Menace on the Menu: Development and the Globalization of Servitude (Part 2)
December 18, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Me-first acquisitiveness is now pervasive throughout the upper strata of society
Menace on the Menu: Development and the Globalization of Servitude (Part 1)
December 17, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
In his book 'The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective', economist Angus Maddison noted that India was the richest country in the world and had controlled a third of global wealth until the 17th century
Piketty for Progressives – Part 5
December 6, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Riggins continues with his analysis of Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century
Tony Blair, Infanticide Endorser Rewarded by Save The Children
November 25, 2014 7:45 pm Leave your thoughts
When the Orwellianly name "Middle East Peace Envoy" Tony Blair was named "Philanthropist of the Year" by GQ Magazine in September for "his tireless charitable work" there was widespread disbelief