It’s an accumulative kind of thing, the demise of capitalism worldwide: at first the waning and the dwindling, now the rapid corkscrew-like downwards spiraling, of greedy, vicious, cannibalistic capitalism busily devouring itself. Today, one can…
Category: Global Issues
Time after time, officials at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission have decided that original regulations were too strict, arguing that safety margins could be eased without peril, according to records and interviews. The result? Rising fears that these accommodations by the NRC are significantly undermining safety — and inching the reactors closer to an accident that could harm the public and jeopardize the future of nuclear power in the United States.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was back to her “China-bashing” game during her visit to Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia early this month. She alleged that China’s cooperation with Africa does not measure up to…
As new rounds of heavy rain hit China’s southern provinces, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. Within weeks, the death toll has climbed to over 100, with dozens still missing in…
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhuanet) — June 15, 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A decade is a very short period for the development of a group. Subject to…
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — Ninety days after they launched strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on March 19, the United States and its NATO allies seemed to be losing their initial confidence and…
NATO has painted itself into a corner in Libya. Its daily acts of terrorism against Libyan civilians, its acts of murder against Libyan children and its flagrant breach of international law make Obomber, Cameron and…
Unarmed civilianThere is a famous quotation worth calling to mind. First They Came …. poem by Martin Niemöller* “In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a…
We’ve been told that 9/11 changed everything. Is it true? Let’s look at the facts: The Afghanistan war was planned before 9/11 (see this and this) The decision to launch the Iraq war was made…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday (7th) that the United States suffers from an “imperial madness” which, he says, is demonstrated in the attacks on countries like Libya. “Rarely have you ever seen or…