Unilateral French military action against suspected Al Qaeda militants in Mali, justified as an extension of the global “war on terror,” threatens to further destabilize the Islamic world as the United States intensifies its own involvement in the conflict. Internal chaos in the North African nation has created a power vacuum in parts of the [...]
` THE END OF EURO AUSTERITY: NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ORDERS UP HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH AND POWERFUL (Business Week) ` The program of mass fiscal austerity imposed by Germany and Eurozone financial leaders on European nations struggling through the continent’s crippling debt crisis and recession appears to be dead, with policy changes from the new French government taking aim at the core [...]
FIGHT AT THE SUMMIT: IN THIS CORNER ANGELA MERKEL; THE DARK ANGEL OF DRACONIAN AUSTERITY MEASURES—IN THE RED TRUNKS FRANCOIS HOLLANDE; THE SOCIALIST PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING THE U.S.A.; BATTERED ON ALL SIDES BY A STRING OF NEVER-ENDING DISASTERS FROM ITS VAIN IMPERIAL ASPIRATIONS (Counterpunch) This how Gabriel Kolko “calls” the struggle today for international [...]
` 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 [...]
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