Ukraine: Waging War During Economic Crisis Conditions
by Stephen Lendman Ukraine is an economic basket case and then some. Illegitimate US installed putschists wage naked aggression while effectively bankrupt. More on this below. On November 28, Russia's OSCE representative Andrei Kelin stressed resolving… more »
“A Lot of People Believe This Stuff”: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Public Relations
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall “Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” - George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946 “It’s important, because a lot… more »
Tags: advertising, banks, barack obama, bill clinton, burston-marsteller, committee on public information, corporations, democracy, democratic national convention, dnc, economic crisis, economic inequality, edward bernays, franklin d_ roosevelt, free trade, glass-steagall, goldman sachs, haiti, iraq, james carville, jpmorgan chase, larry summers, madeleine albright, mitt romney, nafta, poverty, propaganda, public relations, robert rubin, tpp, trans-pacific partnership, walter lippmann, woodrow wilson
The turbulent 2011 at a glance
Kourosh Ziabari 2011 was a turbulent year for the world. With chained revolutions in the Arab world, mounting financial crisis in Europe and the unprecedented wave of protests and mass demonstrations in the U.S. against the corporate system of the… more »
European and US Working Class Politics: Right, Left and Neutered
James Petras The deepening economic crises in Europe and the United States are provoking contrasting socio-political responses from the working and middle classes. In Europe, especially among the Mediterranean countries (Greece, Spain, Portugal and… more »
Tags: anti-immigrant, bankers, cuts basic social programs, disenchantment, economic breakdown, economic crisis, economic recession, economic system, far right agenda, general strikes, greece, hard right, imperialist wars, islamophobic, labor, moslim immigrant, neo-fascist, northern europe, portugal, racist, social democratic parties, southern europe, spain, street riots, trade unions, us working class, wage pension cuts, working class
Rude Awakening
by Stephen Lendman In 2008, a protracted global depression began, criminally manufactured by Wall Street and Washington scoundrels, complicit with major European partners. Why? To permit greater financial and other corporate consolidation, more power,… more »
Tags: austerity, bailing out banks, capitalism, deregulating, deregulation, devolution, economic crisis, economic decline, global depression, homeless, keynesian, layoffs, predatory capitalism, privatizations, social contract, social unrest, stock markets, unemployment, waging wars, wall street, war profiteers
US Working and Middle Class: Solidarity or Competition in the Face of Crisis?
James Petras “I don’t think you realize how hard it is for the oppressed to become united. Their misery unites them (…) But otherwise their misery is liable to cut them off from one another, for they are forced to snatch the wretched crumbs from each… more »
Tags: bank bailouts, competition, corporate capitalism, corporate control, cutbacks, economic breakdown, economic crisis, false leaders, labor protests, mass media, mass unrest, media manipulation, middle class, mortgage foreclosures, oligarch, revolt, two party system, unemployment 20 percent, us capitalism
Economic Warfare? Europe versus Wall Street
Michael Collins (March 10) Wall Streets is headed toward international pariah status thanks to two recent actions by the European Union (EU). On Tuesday, the EU announced that it was banning Wall Street banks from the lucrative government bond business… more »
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