` IN BRITAIN THE QUEEN MADE A SPEECH BUT SHE DIDN’T SAY MUCH. (UK Independent) The Queen appears in Parliament to give her regular “speech” that articulates whatever is the policy agenda of the elected Prime Minister and cabinet. The speech given this week marks a signficant slow-down from drastic efforts at reform in the [...]
Two prominent members of President Barack Obama’s administration have made forceful and highly public declarations of their support for marriage equality and legalizing gay marriage, placing the White House in an embarrassing position and highlighting the deep divide between the LGBT community and the president. Among the myriad issues where President Obama has let down [...]
STUDENTS IN QUEBEC AGREE TO BE SCREWED BY THE GOVERNMENT. (World Socialist) Once again labor unions in the province betray the interest of the people whose union they supposedly represent. The government undertakes “austerity” measures to place the burden of deficit reductions on the backs of students through drastic tuition hikes. Violent student protest is finally muted [...]
` OBAMA AND HIS FRIENDS LAUNCH NEW ERA OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH A LESS-THAN CONCILIATORY TAKE ON THE NEW FRENCH SOCIALIST PRESIDENT. (Buzz Feed) ` The overwhelming defeat on Sunday of incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent “ripples” across the pond to America, where Sarkozy’s successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, has received a decidedly chilly reception [...]
MAKING THE MIDDLE EAST SAFE FOR ISRAEL: SUMMER GAMES FOR GAZAN CHILDREN ARE CANCELLED. (Electronic Intifada) The annual games—supported by funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are cancelled for this year. The cash-strapped status of the agency seems to be the result of a 75% reduction in U.S. government support of an agency with a program [...]
As economic instability continues to roil world markets and threaten the marginal sliver of a recovery since the global recession of 2008, the pace of income inequality has quickened as the rich really are getting richer — a lot richer. On both sides of the Atlantic, the gap between prosperity and financial hardship is growing [...]
` THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN-IRANIAN-HOLOCAUST-NOBEL-PEACE-PRIZE-CIRCUS. (Killing Hope) ` This is the term used by William Blum in his latest “Anti-Empire Report” to describe the continuing effort by Peace Prize winner Barack Obama to perpetuate false versions of Iranian intentions to wipe Israel “off the map” through the use of “nuclear weapons” in process of being developed. This [...]
MEET AMADOU SANOGO, FRUIT OF THE TREE OF UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND “TRAINING.” (Black Agenda Report) Sanogo was a Captain in the African country of Mali when he led a coup to overthrow the government. As he continues to rule while suppressing a vicious counter-coup, it is noted that Ganogo was one of a myriad of [...]
President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, seeking to proclaim a new turning point in the overwhelmingly unpopular conflict. With two-thirds of the public expressing public opposition to the war and supporting an immediate withdrawal, Obama faces risks in highlighting the war in Afghanistan and giving the country what amounted to a [...]
ETCHING THE TOMBSTONE OF EUROPEAN-STYLE AUSTERITY: “THE STRATEGY OF AUSTERITY HAS…BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE…” (The Globe & Mail) ` A new report from the International Labor Organization lays out in raw statistics the destruction and “devastating consequences” of the austerity programs imposed on most of Europe and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the United States. The [...]
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