John Pilger | 13 July 2015 An historic betrayal has consumed Greece. Having set aside the mandate of the Greek electorate, the Syriza government has willfully ignored last week’s landslide “No” vote and secretly agreed a raft of repressive, impoverishing measures in return for a “bailout” that means sinister foreign control and a warning to…
The Daily Sheeple | 5 July 2015 With the financial crisis in Greece reaching a fevered pitch, many have wondered what might happen to the European Union if their most debt riddled member jumps ship. Will it cause a domino effect of defaulting nations, equally interested in leaving this unnatural union? It’s hard to say…
Joseph E Stiglitz | 27 June 2015 NEW YORK – The rising crescendo of bickering and acrimony within Europe might seem to outsiders to be the inevitable result of the bitter endgame playing out between Greece and its creditors. In fact, European leaders are finally beginning to reveal the true nature of the ongoing debt…
Sayed Hasan | 28 June 2015 “As you know, the modern world, especially the Western world, is highly monopolised and many Western countries – whether they want to hear this or not – have voluntarily given up a considerable part of their sovereignty. To some extent, this is a result of the politics of blocs. Sometimes we find it very difficult to come to terms with them on geopolitical issues. It is hard…
ICH | 28 June 2015 The Eurogroup Meeting of 27th June 2015 will not go down as a proud moment in Europe’s history. Ministers turned down the Greek government’s request that the Greek people should be granted a single week during which to deliver a Yes or No answer to the institutions’ proposals – proposals…
Eric Zuesse | 23 June 2015 Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko requests the supreme court of Ukraine to declare that his predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown by an illegal operation; in other words, that the post-Yanukovych government, including Poroshenko’s own Presidency, came into power from a coup, not from something democratic, not from any authentic constitutional…
GWPF | 22 June 2015 Energy Minister Calls Renewable Energy A Threat To National Security Our Gaia, Who art in danger, Sustainable be thy name, Thy renewable energy resources come, Thy Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s will be done On Earth as it is in the upper atmosphere Give us this day our daily organic…
RT | 4 June 2015 Britain could be flooded with harmful chemicals currently banned in the European Union if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal is signed next week, a trade union has warned. The GMB said chemicals that can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects and development disorders will be allowed in the…
Jonathan Cook | 27 May 2015 Did US Indict Soccer Officials to Protect Israel Apartheid? Arrests by US as FIFA Mulls Giving Israel Boot. FIFA, world football’s governing body, is due to meet this Friday in Zurich to decide whether to back a Palestinian motion to suspend Israel for its systematic violations of Palestinian footballers’ rights…
The Telegraph | 6 May 2015 Germany’s record trade surplus is a bigger threat to euro than Greece If EU law were properly enforced, Germany would face fines for endangering eurozone stability and breaching the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure for the fifth year in a row Germany’s current account surplus is out of control. The European…