November 21, 2018
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Liar Liar By John Steppling
Trump grew up with an abusive authoritarian father, one who humiliated and belittled the boy Trump, and the world of that boy was one of cruelty and abuse. And if that is the only world you know growing up, that is the world you will see everywhere around you later. And the only way to… Continue reading
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You Can Always Tell By S.Artesian
Leading indicator: Here’s how you know when an upturn in the economy is beyond its peak, has run its course; that the wolf at the door is actually a bear; that it’s time to head for the exits before they get nailed shut; that the next big thing in this world of, by, and for… Continue reading
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A Strategy of War Crimes, Killing Civilians to Win a War – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (10/12
General Curtis LaMay, who directed the firebombing and nuclear attacks on Japan said, “War is killing people, when you kill enough of them, the other guy quits” – quotes Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Gaza as Israel’s Military Training Ground: Selected Stories
21 November 2018 — Global Research U.S Green Party Urges International Criminal Court to Prosecute Israel for Crimes Against Palestinians By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese Members of the delegation understand they have a responsibility to act and to educate others in the United States about the truth of the violent Israeli occupation of Palestine and apartheid state. Read more… Continue reading
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Washington’s Dirty Fight Against China’s OBOR
The Wall Street Journal in its article, “U.S. Fights China for Influence, One Project at a Time: Washington prods private sector and focuses on financing as Beijing’s ‘Belt and Road’ hits obstacles.” What the article reveals and what the article omits, speaks volumes of America’s response, or lack thereof. Continue reading
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Terror from the far right in the Weimar Republic By Barbara Manthe
This month, the German public not only commemorated the centenary of World War One’s conclusion on 11/11, but also the foundation of the first democratic system on German territory – the Weimar Republic – which was proclaimed two days earlier, on 9 November, 1918. This republic only existed for a bit more than fourteen years… Continue reading
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New maps of land destruction show why caravans flee Central America
A new map developed at the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach the United States. Continue reading
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President Trump’s Presidency: Results and Perspectives
20 November 2018 — James Petras Introduction: We need an objective evaluation of the President’s foreign and domestic polices – the means, the goals, their results and consequences. The Trump performance requires we discuss the style and substance of foreign and domestic policies. We will ignore the fly swatting by Trump critics who ply peripheral Continue reading
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UN says millions in Britain deliberately plunged into “great misery” By Robert Stevens
The report on poverty and human rights in Britain by United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston is an extraordinary depiction of the social catastrophe devastating the working class. Continue reading
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Herbicides undermine antibiotics, threaten medical care
Researchers in New Zealand have found that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba) and antibiotics compared to without the herbicide. Continue reading
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City of London Corporation reneges on its social housing pledge By Charles Hixson
21 November 2018 — WSWS The City of London Corporation announced in 2015 that they would build 3,700 new council homes by 2025. So far just 62 have been built! The London Evening Standard reported that only 900 structures, less than a fourth of the goal, would be completed by 2025. This projection, quietly released in Continue reading
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The Global Rise of Fascism: Capitalism End Game? By Gilbert Mercier
It is everywhere. In a few years, it has metastasized like a cancer, on all continents. Its fervent proponents and ill-informed supporters call it populism or nationalism. In the Italy, Germany, or Spain of the 1930s, however, this ideology of exclusion and fear, defined by a hatred of the other, together with a tyrannical executive… Continue reading
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“Macron is the president of the rich”: “Yellow Vest” protesters speak out
On Monday, the powerful protests in France against inequality and government austerity continued in numerous regions across the country. Tens of thousands of participants in the “Yellow Vest” demonstrations maintained roadblocks and barricades. Traffic was heavily affected in the major cities. Bordeaux was practically brought to a standstill throughout the morning, and numerous important highways… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 