“The Sheep Look Up”, John Brunner’s remarkably prescient ‘science fiction’ novel, first published in 1972 concerns the destruction of the entire environment in the US and the rise of a ‘corporately sponsored government’ leading to…
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This Op-Ed just published at the NYT from venture capitalist, Eric X Li, “Why China’s Political Model Is Superior” is a must read. Especially to the Western audience bought into democracy as a “faith” will…
[Pan-Afrian News Wire Editor’s Note: This article, although revealing, conceals the role of US imperialism in destabilizing and overthrowing the government in Libya, one of the most prosperous and stable states on the African continent….
What would happen if the Federal Reserve was shut down permanently? That is a question that CNBC asked recently, but unfortunately most Americans don’t really think about the Fed much. Most Americans are content with believing…
We’ve repeatedly noted that the U.S. government planned regime change in Syria at least 20 years ago. Indeed, carrying out acts of violence and blaming it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime…
The current Syrian drama is far from the usual, clear-cut “good guys vs bad guys” Hollywood shtick. The suspension of the Arab League observers mission; the double veto by Russia and China at the UN…
Conservativism may be the refuge of the dim. But the room for rightwing ideas is made by those too timid to properly object ************************* Self-deprecating, too liberal for their own good, today’s progressives stand back…
Guatemalan prosecutors announced January 26 that 85-year old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March. He’s accused of responsibility for killing and disappearing thousands of mostly poor and indigenous…
In a 2009 policy paper,published by the influential Brookings Institute, the authors propose almost anything to guarantee dominance of Persia, including such measures as bribery, lying, cheating and mass murdering in the shape of an…
Contrary to her position at the time of the attack on Iraq, in the case of Syria France failed to defend the principles of international law, rallying instead the imperial camp and its lies. Together…