World
Italy’s political crisis spotlights EU’s lack of democracy
May 31, 2018EU budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger says: “The markets will teach Italy how to vote properly.”
Read moreOn the mainland teachers marched; in Puerto Rico, the students
May 30, 2018On the U.S. mainland, teachers have been marching, organizing at the grassroots, for more money for schools. On Puerto Rico, it was the students – 94 percent of them.
Read moreIraq elections: A step toward rebuilding popular power
May 30, 2018A growing progressive alliance, recovering its oil wealth, could make Iraq a country to be envied by its neighbors instead.
Read moreOn many questions, Germany nears the proverbial fork in the road
May 29, 2018But there is another earnest road fork in Germany, with equal dangers in the long run. It is the increasing threat of a fascist track!
Read moreNew Iran sanctions: Prelude to war and nuclear arms race
May 25, 2018What a war will almost certainly do is re-ignite Iran’s push to build a nuclear weapon. If that happens, Saudi Arabia will follow, and the world will be faced with several new nuclear powers.
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