November 16, 2018
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Brexit Agreement: A Deal Between German Manufacturing and UK Finance Sectors
As Britain’s Theresa May inches closer towards a final Brexit agreement, for leaving the European Union, behind the scenes it is not quite the compromise politicians and the media make it out to be, says economist John Weeks Continue reading
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Russia Compares US-controlled Rukban Refugee Camp In Syria With WWII Death Camps
The US is responsible for the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria because it has illegally occupied this territory, the Russian Defense Ministry says. Continue reading
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The Palestinian Declaration of Independence By Professor Francis A Boyle
15 November 2018 — CounterCurrents Continue reading
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Windrush: the inevitable result of a hostile environment and no legal recourse By Satbir Singh and Charlotte Threipland
As the government designs the compensation scheme for victims of the Windrush scandal, we look at the toxic combination of factors that caused the scandal in the first place. Continue reading
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The neoliberal order is dying. Time to wake up By Jonathan Cook
In my last blog post I argued that power in our societies resides in structure, ideology and narratives – supporting what we might loosely term our current “neoliberal order” – rather than in individuals. Significantly, our political and media classes, who are of course deeply embedded in this neoliberal structure, are key promoters of the… Continue reading
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Everything You Thought You Knew About Western Civilization Is Wrong: A Review of Michael Hudson’s new book And Forgive Them Their Debts
To say that Michael Hudson’s new book And Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure, and Redemption from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year (ISLET 2018) is profound is an understatement on the order of saying that the Mariana Trench is deep. Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 172 Mid-November 2018 – is now on line
16 November 2018 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Brexit deal threatens survival of May government By Robert Stevens
The draft agreement struck between the European Union (EU) and Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiating team has been denounced on all sides. May’s fate depends most immediately on the size of a rebellion by the hard-Brexit wing of her party. But based on anything other than the most optimistic assessment, there is little likelihood of… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 