Europe
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A Simple Translation of Anglo-European Russophobia Over Africa By Phil Butler
The Anglo-European monopolization of Africa as a cash cow may soon be at an end. Until then, however, Africans will have to stomach the never-ending distortions of truth, on top of watching their legacy evaporate like a mirage over the sands of the Sahara. I’ve covered the disinformation on neo-colonialism many times, but today I… Continue reading
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European Parliament backs US-led coup in Venezuela By Alex Lantier and Alejandro Lopez
The European Parliament has voted a resolution supporting the brazen US-led coup to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, endorsing the Trump administration’s aggressive policy. Continue reading
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A liberal elite still luring us towards the abyss By Jonathan Cook
A group of 30 respected intellectuals, writers and historians has published a manifesto bewailing the imminent collapse of Europe and its supposed Enlightenment values of liberalism and rationalism. The idea of Europe, they warn, “is falling apart before our eyes”, as Britain prepares for Brexit and “populist and nationalist” parties look poised to make sweeping… Continue reading
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A Progressive ‘Artifice’ of Democratic Impotence: The ‘World’ Finally ‘Gets It’ By Alastair Crooke
The paradoxes of ‘interregnum’ are played out daily: when a democratically elected House of Commons arrays itself in opposition to a popular referendum, opposes its own approved legislation that stemmed from it, and even toys with the overthrow of the principle of government ‘governing’, (in favour of the notion that a shifting, ephemeral assembly of… Continue reading
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The Brexit crisis and the struggle for socialism By Chris Marsden
Two and a half years after the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU), the British capitalist class is mired in crisis. The dominant pro-Remain faction is desperately manoeuvring to either overturn the result, or at least secure a deal preserving tariff-free access to the Single European Market on which it depends for… Continue reading
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BREXIT, THE END GAME
The City of London, until recently, was responsible for channelling 40% of global financial flows. This daily flow of financial sewerage comfortably exceeds the value of an entire year’s output for the whole UK economy. Skimming just the smallest commission thus yields unmatched profits despite the fact that less than one penny in every Pound… Continue reading
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Europe on the Brink of Collapse? by Peter Koenig
The Empire’s European castle of vassals is crumbling. Right in front of our eyes. But Nobody seems to see it. The European Union (EU), the conglomerate of vassals. Trump calls them irrelevant, and he doesn’t care what they think about him, they deserve to be collapsing. They, the ‘vassalic’ EU, a group of 28 countries,… Continue reading
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Glyphosate is Carcinogenic: EU Regulatory Authorities Colluding with Agrochemicals Industry By Colin Todhunter
Back in 2016, I posed the question in The Ecologist whether regulators in the EU were acting as product promoters when it came to the relicensing of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup. The renewal of the license for glyphosate in the EU was being debated at the time and much evidence pointed… Continue reading
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Factional warfare hots up after collapse of May’s European Union Brexit deal By Robert Stevens
The pro-Remain wing of Britain’s ruling elite were convinced that their moment of triumph had come with the rejection Tuesday of Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union (EU) and the failure Wednesday of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s vote of no confidence on the Conservative government. Continue reading
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Still alive: Link Tax + Censorship Machines
The new EU Copyright Directive is only days away from being finalized. Yet some of its most toxic proposals — the Link Tax and Censorship Machines — are still alive under Articles 11 and 13. If passed, they will turn the Internet into a censored pay-to-play ghost town. Continue reading
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Europe on the Brink of Collapse? By Peter Koenig
The Empire’s European castle of vassals is crumbling. Right in front of our eyes. But Nobody seems to see it. The European Union (EU), the conglomerate of vassals – Trump calls them irrelevant, and he doesn’t care what they think about him, they deserve to be collapsing. They, the ‘vassalic’ EU, a group of 28… Continue reading
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UK parliament to vote on Brexit deal today By Chris Marsden
Tonight will see Britain’s parliament finally vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed deal with Brussels on Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU). Continue reading
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The EU votes for the installation of new US missiles in Europe By Manlio Dinucci
The member States of the European Union have unanimously aligned themselves with the military strategy of their American big brother. They have accepted that their own territory may transform itself into a nuclear battleground in the case of conflict between the United States and Russia. Continue reading
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Irish passport card holders to be fingerprinted under new EU rules
New EU rules on national identity cards and travel documents will “compel Ireland to introduce fingerprinting” of all holders of the Irish passport card, according to a document circulated by the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Continue reading
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Trump to Europe: You’re Vassals and I Don’t Care
“I don’t care about Europe,” declared US President Donald Trump this week during his White House cabinet’s first meeting of the new year. Continue reading
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Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in Europe
Several sources, situated in different countries are signalling to us that Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in several EU member states. Continue reading
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What The Chair of Health and Social Care Select Committees Wrote about Brexit and the NHS
Sarah Wollaston is the MP for the Totnes Constituency and Chair of Health and Social Care Select & Liaison Committees. Paul Williams is a GP and the MP for Stockton South and a member of the Health Select Committee. They wrote an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal about Brexit in and the NHS… Continue reading
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The West Is in Disarray, and It Will Only Get Worse By Federico Pieraccini
We are witnessing the withdrawal from Syria of the American military contingent, protests in France, the prospect of a British hard Brexit, the political decline of Angela Merkel in Germany, Netanyahu in crisis, and Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia suddenly becoming an international pariah. The contemporary crisis of leadership in Europe, the United States… Continue reading
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The Fusion Doctrine, For a Totalitarian Take Over. Militarization and “Privatization of the State” By Julian Rose
In Europe, countries have been stripped of their status as individual nations overseen by elected governments. They have been turned into corporate fiefdoms having their own agendas and their own means of achieving them. The chief amongst these agendas is the domination of all spheres of the market place via overt influencing of government. And… Continue reading
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May Days in Britain by Binoy Kampmark
19 December 2018 — Global Research [ Although this article speak to the truth about this damnable Brexit, what it also shows is that once on this road, for or against Brexit, it makes no difference, it has left us stuck in a literal dead-end! We’re stuck, the direct result of Jeremy Corbyn’s cowardly, opportunistic behaviour… Continue reading
