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Tag Archives: Free Trade
Neo-Liberalism and the Retreat of Democracy
By David Schultz Source: CounterPunch Democracy across the world is under siege. This according to the latest Freedom House report documenting that for 2017, “democracy faced its most serous crisis in decades” as seventy-one countries experienced declines in freedom or … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, imperialism, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Privatization, society
Tagged austerity, Colonialism, Corporate Globalization, Democracy, economic inequality, Economics, Free Trade, Freedom House, Neoliberalism, Working Class
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The Art of War: The Western American Empire in Crisis
By Manlio Dinucci Source: Global Research The US tariff war against China and the new sanctions against Russia are signs of a trend that goes beyond current events. To understand what it is, we should go back about thirty years … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Afghanistan, Cold War, Deep State, Donald Trump, False Flag, Free Trade, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, war
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The Globalisation of Bad Food and Poor Health: Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits?
By Colin Todhunter Source: RINF The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In India, government … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, GMOs, Health, Science, society, State Crime
Tagged Agribusiness, Birth Defects, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Factory Farms, Fast Food, Free Trade, GE Food, Global Food System, Globalisation, GMOs, Green Revolution, Junk Food, local economies, Local Foods, Localisation, Malnutrition, Monocrops, obesity, Pesticides, pollution, Processed Foods, Soil, TTIP
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Fake News: The Unravelling of US Empire From Within
By Prof. John McMurtry Source: Global Research Setting the Stage of the Press-President War US ruling ideology and Washington power have become unstuck as never before. A war of opposing certitudes and denunciations is waged day to day between the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, Hackers, History, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged bernie sanders, CIA, Corporate Globalization, Economics, empire, Fake News, Free Trade, geopolitics, Harvard, Hillary Clinton, NATO, New York Times, Obama, Presidential election, propaganda, ProporNot, Putin, Russia, Russian Hackers, Trump, war
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Stop Pretending the Rich Care About You
By Dr. Bones Source: The Conjure House One of the terrible things about being a lone bastion of bomb-throwing, fire-starting, up-against-the-wall-fascist-killing type of Anarchism is you have to mingle and jive with the enemy. Like a Seminole off the reservation … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Film, Financial Crisis, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, war
Tagged Anarchism, Class War, corporate media, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Free Trade, hollywood, Identity Politics, income gap, Jobs, Labor, Liberals, Meryl Streep, Neoliberalism, Poverty, wall street, war, Wealth Divide
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Washington’s Global Economic Wars
By James Petras Source: Axis of Logic Introduction During most of the past two decades Washington has aggressively launched military and economic wars against at least nine countries, either directly or through its military aid to regional allies and proxies. … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged AIIB, ASEAN, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Big Oil, Economic Sanctions, Economic Warfare, Economics, Free Trade, geopolitics, Global Hegemony, Globalization, imperialism, Iran, Russia, TPP, Trade Deals, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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The Secret Global Court – Why Corporate Criminals and Corrupt Politicians Desperately Want the TPP
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg Obama needs to ensure he gets well compensated after leaving office for a job well done protecting, defending and further enriching the global oligarch class. This is precisely why he’s so adamant about passing the TPP during the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, History, Law, Neoliberalism, news, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Corporate Globalization, Corporate Structuring, Daniel M. Price, Dubai, Egypt, El Salvador, Free Trade, Global Hegemony, Globalism, ISDS, NAFTA, Neoliberalism, Obama, Secret Global Court, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership
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