When European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi left office last month, he was widely praised for “saving the euro.” But he did this at the expense of working people — exploiting the crisis to impose an ever more unbreakable austerity regime… Read More Saving Europe’s Bankers, Not Its Workers
In a very real way, MMT is already here… Read More The Federal Reserve Is Directly Monetizing US Debt
The son of Julian Assange’s senior judge is linked to an anti-data leak company created by the UK intelligence establishment and staffed by officials recruited from US intelligence agencies behind that country’s prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder… Read More The Son of Julian Assange’s Judge is Linked to Anti-data Leak Company Created by UK Intelligence Establishment
The “Tomb,” a vast concrete coffin constructed decades ago on the Marshall Islands into which the United States deposited hundreds of tons of lethal radioactive waste, is now at risk of collapsing from rising seas and other effects of climate change. But the U.S. government denies all responsibility.… Read More How the U.S. Set the Stage for the Next Nuclear Disaster
“The core of the financial sector appears resilient, with leverage low and funding risk limited relative to the levels of recent decades,” Powell told congress yesterday. It’s a lie… Read More The Fed’s Big Lie on Its Repo Loans
Better not mess with the former Brazilian president; Putin and Xi are his real top allies in the Global Left… Read More Released Lula in for Greatest Fight of his Life
Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region, where the US has encouraged separatism. He has courted support from Colombia, Brazil, and the Venezuelan opposition… Read More Bolivian Coup Led by Christian Fascist and Paramilitary Leader — With Foreign Support
The exceedingly wealthy are usually content to stay in the shadows while their combined financial leverage and media power keep top government officials more or less in line. But the grassroots strengths of the Warren and Sanders campaigns have jolted some key oligarchs into overt action.… Read More The Billionaire Class Won’t Go Quietly
There is a very substantive argument against Dimon being a patriot and a very persuasive argument that he’s a crime boss sitting atop a federally-insured bank backstopped by the U.S. taxpayer that has scooped up $1.6 trillion in deposits from honest folks across America… Read More Is JPM Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon a Patriot (As He Claims) or An Orgazinized Crime Boss?
Those who curated the story – the narrative – of the Syrian war, got it all wrong from the start… Read More How the Syrian Democratic Forces Were Suddenly Transformed into “Kurdish Forces”
In the absence of some sort of national industrial strategy, how do Western societies retain a viable middle class?… Read More ‘Free Markets’ Will Be the End of the Middle Class
The plutocrat-owned narrative managers of the political/media class work constantly to shrink the Overton window, the spectrum of debate that is considered socially acceptable… Read More The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window
