April 20, 2014
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Ukraine: Voter Intimidation and Collective Punishment By Andrew Korybko
Ukraine is in the throes of an imminent human rights crisis, as the red flags of oppression are visible to all objective observers that care to acknowledge the obvious. The near-death beating of Oleg Tsarev and the intimidation of Mikhail Dobkin, both Eastern Ukrainian presidential candidates, are proof, if any more were even needed, that… Continue reading
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NHS Foundation Trusts – a democratic failure? By Richard Berry
10 years ago Alan Milburn launched the first Foundation Trusts. But despite his rhetoric of ‘greater local control’ the reality is apathy and powerlessness. Is it time for a different approach? Continue reading
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Nuffield Trust report exposes Tory lies on Welsh NHS By Tony Beddow
David Cameron claimed last week that the Welsh border was “the dividing line between life and death”. A new Nuffield Trust report shows such rhetoric is dishonest. In fact a thorough comparison of the UK health systems – published earlier that day by the independent Nuffield Trust – showed that overall, NHS Wales compares well. Continue reading
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WHO RULES AMERICA? The Class-Domination Theory of Power By G. William Domhoff
Who has predominant power in the United States? The short answer, from 1776 to the present, is: Those who have the money — or more specifically, who own income-producing land and businesses — have the power. George Washington was one of the biggest landowners of his day; presidents in the late 19th century were close… Continue reading
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Anti-govt protesters seize Ukrainian APCs, army units 'switch sides' (VIDEO)
Kiev’s military faced off with protesters in east Ukraine on Wednesday to sort out their differences…and found none. Soldiers appeared reluctant to go into battle against anti-government activists. Continue reading
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Washington DRIVES The World To WAR CIA INTERVENTION in Eastern Ukraine By Paul Craig Roberts
The CIA director was sent to Kiev to launch a military suppression of the Russian separatists in the eastern and southern portions of Ukraine, former Russian territories for the most part that were foolishly attached to the Ukraine in the early years of Soviet rule. Continue reading
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Kiev Declares War on South-East Ukraine By Boris Novoseltsev
The coup brought to power extreme right Ukrainian nationalists. They started to threaten the population of the south-eastern part of the country which tried to preserve its national Russian authenticity. The people were actually pushed to take resolute actions to defend themselves. Now they are not as quite as they used to be before –… Continue reading
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The Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war By John Pilger
The genius of Stanley Kubrick’s film is that it accurately represents the cold war’s lunacy and dangers. Most of the characters are based on real people and real maniacs. There is no equivalent to Strangelove today, because popular culture is directed almost entirely at our interior lives, as if identity is the moral zeitgeist and… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 