Capitalism
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The British Government Colludes with Monsanto. Crimes against Humanity and “Ecocide” By Colin Todhunter
The British public and the environment are being poisoned with a deadly cocktail of 320 pesticides. Moreover, Wales has become a storage dump for Monsanto’s most toxic chemicals. These are the messages conveyed by Dr Rosemary Mason in her recent open letter to Councillor Rob Stewart, the leader of Swansea City and County Council. Continue reading
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It’s Austerity, Not Globalization, That Pulls European Workers to the Right
Both the Washington Post (1/22/17) and New York Times (1/22/17) had pieces about declining support for the left in France and the rise of a nationalist right in both Italy and France. Both pieces attributed the rise in support for the right to people losing from globalization, implying that this is some impersonal process that… Continue reading
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This week the issue is not Trump. It is ourselves By John Pilger
Today, false symbolism is all. “Identity” is all. In 2016, Hillary Clinton stigmatised millions of voters as “a basket of deplorables, racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”. Her abuse was handed out at an LGBT rally as part of her cynical campaign to win over minorities by abusing a white mostly working-class… Continue reading
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Kinda Kute By S. Artesian
Kinda Kute, isn’t it, watching the president of the United States whimper and moan about Russian “intervention” in the 2016 election? Kinda precious, isn’t it, watching the titular head of a government that has intervened before, during, and after elections, and with lawyers, guns, money, and drugs, in countries around the world and across decades,… Continue reading
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Ringing out the neo, Ringing in the neo By S. Artesian
It has been going on a long time, hasn’t it? The bourgeoisie have been on an offensive; the offensive was triggered by a decline in the rate of profitability; the offensive has not been able to systematically overcome the decline in the rate of profit; the offensive was kick-started with the overthrow of Allende in… Continue reading
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Can We Make Sense of Trump? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
A month has passed since Donald Trump was declared president-elect soon to be the 45th president of the United States. Since his win, pundits, analysts, and experts continue to debate the victory – a surprise to most. While the reason/s for this victory depend on one’s perspective, most agree on one thing: Trump is unpredictable.… Continue reading
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The Case Against Sugar — New Book Reveals the Details of How the World Got Addicted to Sugar
In his book, Taubes makes a strong argument that excess sugar is the foundational cause of diabetes, obesity and most chronic degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Continue reading
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The NHS Opt-out is worthless!
Over 1.2 million people, just like you, opted out of their hospital records being sold. The opt out has begun to work, but NHS confirms hospital records are still being sold. Continue reading
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Blaming Trump’s Win on the Age Group Least Responsible for It
Before the election, corporate media nonsensically tried to blame the rise of Donald Trump on Millennials (FAIR.org, 10/10/16)—and now, after the election, the Washington Post is still at it. Continue reading
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Media: Corporate Welfare Will Bring Back Jobs vs. Jobs Will Never Come Back
The Carrier company’s announcement that, after exhortations from Donald Trump, it was going to move a thousand jobs overseas—rather than the 2,000 that it had previously planned to move—led New York Times reporter Nelson Schwartz (11/29/16) to declare that “Mr. Trump is a different kind of Republican, willing to take on big business, at least… Continue reading
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Fidel Castro: Fight the ecological destruction threatening the planet!
In this short talk at the 1992 Earth Summit, Fidel described the Earth System crisis and identified its causes more powerfully than any other delegate. Continue reading
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Trump and the “Collapse of Capitalism” : Selected Articles
25 November 2016 — Global Research Trump and the “Collapse of Capitalism” (COC): Foibles, Fables and Failures, The Financial Press and its Keepers By Prof. James Petras, November 23 2016 The world’s largest billionaire bankers had bankrolled Hillary Clinton, the ‘million-dollar-a-speech’ War Goddess. They had bet heavily against the populist-nationalist Donald Trump and they lost. Continue reading
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Corporate Power + Climate Change = Geocide By Susan George
Susan George: We are faced with determined adversaries who care nothing about human rights or climate change. They only want a world in which they can make endless amounts of money using all available resources, no matter what the costs to nature and to human life. Continue reading
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This is in your food
Under corporate pressure, the EU is set to adopt meaningless “guidelines” that will mean dangerously high levels of a substance called acrylamide in our food. Even the EU’s own food safety experts say this substance could damage our DNA and increase the risk of cancer. Continue reading
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Monsanto Celebrates Approval of New Dicamba Herbicide and Fights Dirty to Silence Cancer Scientists
22 November 2016 — Dr Mercola The U.S. EPA has approved Monsanto’s new weed killer, XtendiMax, which goes along with its Roundup Ready Xtend cotton and soybeans — GE plants designed to tolerate both glyphosate and dicamba With this approval, use of dicamba on cotton and soy fields is expected to jump from less than… Continue reading
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Standing Rock Success!
It’s clear our message is having an impact. On Tuesday, we delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures right to the Bank’s offices in Norway, and thousands of us flooded its Facebook page with messages in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. Continue reading
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Media: How Trump’s ‘Chief Strategist’ Provided a ‘Platform for the Alt-Right’
Stephen Bannon, the Trump campaign chief executive and the announced “Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President” in the Trump administration, has declared of Breitbart, the website he still heads, “We’re the platform for the alt-right.” What did he mean by that? Continue reading
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Billionaires & Big Business Line Up To Help U.S. President Elect-Donald Trump By Pratap Chatterjee
14 November 2016 — Corpwatch Billionaire businessmen and lobbyists are lining up to help Donald Trump after his victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump appears to be welcoming them with open arms, despite his claim to bring change to Washington DC and get rid of special interests. See http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=16100 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 