“Clouds of mystery pourin’ / Confusion on the ground” — those lines from a CCR song from long ago sum up my take on what follows . . .
Norm’s note: I’m going to juxtapose, way down below, two links to two pieces that I think people should read …
Category Archives: Current Affairs
World War III Has Started! — Boffy | Boffy’s Blog: Analysis of Politics, Philosophy and Economics from a Marxist Perspective
Source: World War III Has Started! SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2018 Written by Boffy. World War III Has Started! The bombing of …
Triggering War. A Manufactured “Catalytic Event” Which Will Initiate An All Out War? Are We Going to Let this Happen Again? — Prof. Graeme McQueen (18 March 2018)| Global Research
[Related: The Junius Pamphlet: The Crisis of German Social Democracy – Rosa Luxemburg (1915)] Triggering War. A Manufactured “Catalytic Event” Which …
The War on Dissent
Originally posted on Consent Factory, Inc.:
Just when you thought the corporatocracy couldn’t possibly get more creepily Orwellian, the Twitter Corporation starts…
The Opioid Epidemic in America – Killing One Million Workers: The Triumph of Capital: Creating a Domestic ‘Shithole’ — Prof. James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya
[Hat tip to An Outsider’s Sojourn II (The Journey Continues)] By Prof. James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya Global Research, January 26, 2018 Introduction The …
Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy
Originally posted on Jack Rasmus:
What’s sometime referred to as ‘shadow bankers’ have been running the economy and drafting US domestic…
THE MISSIONARY POSITION
Originally posted on Tubularsock:
THE MISSIONARY POSITION ? Tubularsock was sittin’ around looking over the sophisticated political system of the…
Mark Blyth & Michael Roberts /Europe: Economic Crisis and Political Alternatives | tranzit.ro
You can find Michael Roberts’ blog here: Michael Roberts Blog: blogging from a marxist economist A link to Mark Blyth’s Austerity: …
Polar Bear-Gate: A picture is Worth a Thousand Lies or Paul Nicklen and Michael Mann vs Susan Crockford — Jim Steele | Landscapes and Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism
Source: Landscapes and Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Related: Related: Polar bear attack paper invalidated by non-independent analysis [You can …
Why has Time magazine endorsed the #MeToo “revolution”? — David Walsh |World Socialist Web Site
[Hat tip to An Outsider’s Sojourn II (The Journey Continues)] Original source: Why has “Time” magazine endorsed the #MeToo “revolution”? Time magazine has …
Nobel Peace Prize speech by ICAN campaigner, Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow | The Mainichi: Japan’s National Daily Since 1922
[Hat tip to Roger Annis] Related: Nobel Peace Prize speech by ICAN leader Beatrice Fihn Source: The Mainichi Setsuko Thurlow, ICAN (International Campaign …
Lebanon in the crucible of regional conflict
Originally posted on Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد:
Article published on November 27, 2017 in Socialist Worker.org: https://socialistworker.org/2017/11/27/lebanon-in-the-crucible-of-regional-conflict Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri recently threatened…
Revolution and counter-revolution in Syria (Part I) — Joseph Daher | Open Democracy
Revolution and counter-revolution in Syria (Part I) JOSEPH DAHER 19 January 2017 [“Joseph Daher is a Swiss-Syrian socialist activist, academic, and …
EXPOSED: The ‘Walter Mitty’ of Syria’s Fictional ‘Revolution’ — Prof. Tim Anderson | Global Research
[Related to this post: a) Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria: Interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh — Ashley Smith (October …
Here’s what Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad discussed in Sochi — Alexander Mercouris | The Duran
[Hat tip to winstonclose] Source: The Duran Here’s what Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad discussed in Sochi Syrian President Assad arrives in …
Absurdities of Syrian war propaganda
Originally posted on In Gaza:
Nov 2, 2017, RT Op Edge -Eva Bartlett As if we have no memory, corporate media…
Resisting the long war — Alex Collinicos |International Socialism
Resisting the long war Issue: 149 Posted on 22nd December 2015 Alex Callinicos In May 1970 a group of prominent Harvard …
Photo-Report: The North Korea Neither Trump Nor Western Media Wants The World To See
Originally posted on In Gaza:
Photo © Eva Bartlett. A group of schoolgirls pause for a portrait photo at Pyongyang’s zoo. Watch a…
Independence and Self-Determination: Weapons for Empire Building or National Liberation? — Prof. James Petras | 99GetSmart
Independence and Self-Determination: Weapons for Empire Building or National Liberation? By James Petras, 99GetSmart Introduction Since World War II most of the …
WHY SELL S-400s TO THE OTHER SIDE’S ALLIES?
Originally posted on Russia Observer:
(First published at https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/10/16/why-sell-s400-other-sides-allies.html) Moscow is selling S-400 air defence systems to Turkey and Saudi Arabia.…
