Selected Articles: China and Western Sponsored ‘Color Revolutions’
China: Preserving Sovereignty or Sliding into Western Sponsored ‘Color Revolutions’
By Peter Koenig, May 03 2016
On April 28, the New York Times was blasting “Clampdown in China Restricts 7,000 Foreign Organizations”. A perfect reason for demonizing China for infringing on the liberties of foreign NGOs – NGO’s that try to help and do good in…
US Foreign Policy in Africa and the 2016 Elections
By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 03 2016
Wars of regime-change and the domination of international finance capital will continue to strangle the continentThere has been no substantial discussion within the context of primary debates and capitalist party platforms related to Washington’s foreign policy towards Africa. Although…
Yuri Gagarin in Space: The Politics of Cosmic Discovery
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 03 2016
Aristotle thought notions of humanity as a supreme species atopos – absurd. In contrast, the Romans had a very defined term that distinguished humans as humans, impressive relative to other species: humanitas. Hannah Arendt, in considering these contrasts in “Man’s…
Bank of North Dakota Soars Despite Oil Bust: A Public Banking Blueprint for California?
By Ellen Brown, May 03 2016
Image: Distinguished author Ellen Brown Despite North Dakota’s collapsing oil market, its state-owned bank continues to report record profits. This article looks at what California, with fifty times North Dakota’s population, could do following that state’s lead. In November 2014, …
Class, Football, and Blame in Britain: The Hillsborough Disaster Inquest
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 02 2016
“Many of the 96 died within feet of me. I survived, but, unable to move any part of my body from the neck down in the crush, I could do no more for these people than watch them die.” These…