Aristotle, Niccolò Machiavelli, Alexis de Tocqueville, Adam Smith and Karl Marx grounded their philosophies in the understanding that there is a natural antagonism between the rich and the rest of us. The interests of the…
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Bolivians will hold a new election in May — without ousted president Evo Morales As Bolivia gears up for a do-over election on May 3, the country remains in unrest following the Nov. 10 military-backed coup…
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.”—Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes…
Cyberwarfare Began in Iowa Many Americans might consider it decidedly odd that the recent impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump also featured constant vilification of President Vladimir Putin, to such an extent that one…
“They got a big theayter what they call the burleykew, an’ fur fifty cents yuh can see a dandy show.” (Oklahoma! pace, Rogers and Hammerstein.) “Dandy” is pushing it in this case, but burlesque it surely…
The US has become the key cog in the machine of modern kleptocracy worldwide. But it didn’t start with Trump. Critics of President Donald Trump frequently use the word “kleptocracy” to describe his leadership, administration, and imprint on…
“The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa.” This statement came from the Soufan Group’s recent Intelbrief, entitled “Fighting Over Access…
Friends of Israel find that it cuts two ways No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel to destroy the First Amendment to the Constitution, which commits the…
“Pity the nation oh pity the people who allow their rights to erode and their freedoms to be washed away…” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet And so it continues. This impeachment fiasco is merely the latest in…
The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do This incisive article was first published by Global Research on March 3, 2016 Over the past…