MEXICO’S WAR ON DRUGS: IS THE NEW POLICY TO BE “HUGS NOT BULLETS” FROM THE U.S.”? (New York Times) This possibility is indicated during the current presidential election in which the candidates to succeed Felipe Calderon say they will place their emphasis on curbing violence rather than interdicting the flow of drugs to the [...]
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 [...]
“A LASTING IMPRESSION ON DECENT WORLD OPINION.” (Black Agenda Report) Glen Ford so describes the enduring consequences of the invasion by outside forces (U.N., U.S., EU, NATO etc.) that brought down the “tyrant” Gaddafi, turned a blind if not a rejoicing eye at the “butchering” of him by rebel soldiers, and participated in creating a [...]
EUROPEAN “UNION” IN DISARRAY AS FRENCH PM TELLS BRITISH PM TO “SHUT UP” ABOUT EURO CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT. (UK Independent) As the EU approaches a summit agreement on financial arrangements to avert world economic recession, Nicholas Sarkovy tells David Cameron to stop meddling in efforts to regulate European currency in the euro, which he says that [...]
THE COMING OF AMERICAN AUSTERITY ON STEROIDS. (New York Times) While the actual impact of the S&P downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating may have few tangible consequences for most Americans, the development is likely to lead to an even greater rush for spending cuts and the kind of aggressive austerity program that the [...]
HIGH FIVES FOR LIBYAN OPERATION. As Barack Obama and David Cameron, heads of state of U.S. and U.K., meet in London, they agree on expansion of the UN bombing operation to achieve “regime change” in Libya. In a telling photograph, shown above, they indulge in a celebratory gesture like football fans might enact after their [...]
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