Hans Kundnani | ECFR | 9 Feb 2015 As opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has increased, and as research has shown that the economic benefits are likely to be smaller than originally suggested, supporters of the deal have increasingly fallen back on the “strategic” case for an ambitious agreement with the…
Andrew Gavin Marshall | Occupy | 28 Jan 2015 This is the ninth installment in a series examining the activities and individuals behind the Bilderberg Group. Read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth parts in the series. In previous installments, this series has examined the historical role played by Bilderberg meetings in influencing major institutions and policies across North America and…
John Pilger | 1992 An investigation into the crippling levels of debt paid by Third World countries. [vimeo 16366942 w=500 h=381]
Colin Todhunter | Global Research | January 29, 2015 A new leak concerning the talks around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) indicates that the floodgates could be opened even further for corporate influence. The leak has been analysed by the corporate watchdogs CEO and LobbyControl and shows that corporate influence on EU and US policies…
Infowars.com | January 25, 2015 Greek people vote to throw out the banksters A coalition party comprised of independent politicians, including democratic socialists, left-wing populist and green left groups, in addition to Maoist, Trotskyist, eurocommunist and eurosceptic elements has won the general election in Greece. “It is a historic victory, we still have to…
Peter Koenig | ICH | 18 Dec 2014 The world is still hell-bent for hydrocarbon-based energy. Russia is the world’s largest producer of energy. Russia has recently announced that in the future she will no longer trade energy in US dollars, but in rubles and currencies of the trading partners. In fact, this rule will…
By Prof. James Petras | Global Research I December 04, 2014 Over the past 30 years, wealth has grown exponentially and has become increasingly concentrated foremost in the upper .01%, then the .1%, followed by the 1% and the upper 10% – 20%. The large scale, long-term concentration of wealth has continued through booms and busts of the real…
Paul Craig Roberts & Dave Kranzler | 1 Dec 2014 In a blatant and massive market intervention, the price of gold was smashed on Friday. Right after the Comex opened on Friday morning 7,008 paper gold contracts representing 20 tonnes of gold were dumped in the New York Comex futures market at 8:50 a.m. EST.…
Sam Muhho | Global Research | 2 Dec 2014 Free trade” is often treated without question as an indisputable truth in contemporary economic courses. It is seen as an orthodox doctrine of the macroeconomic religion and to dispute its validity would warrant you the reputation of being a heretic filled with drivel and lunacy. But…
Paul Craig Roberts | 24 Nov 2014 In a few days the Swiss people will go to the polls to decide whether the Swiss central bank is to be required to hold 20% of its reserves in the form of gold. Polls show that the gold requirement is favored by the less well off and…