I Have Risked My Life, To Tell You The Truth

    In January 2014, the Civil Liberties (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament voted to invite Edward Snowden to testify to the long running inquiry on electronic mass surveillance. Snowden’s testimony has now been…

Venezuela, the United States, and Obama

Recently I was asked if I thought the Obama administration was involved to any significant degree in encouraging civil unrest in Venezuela. My answer begins with a question of its own: do bears shit in…

American Unlimited Imperialism: Now Ukraine

    Historically, this latest eruption of American militarism at the start of the 21st Century is akin to that of America opening the 20th Century by means of the U.S.-instigated Spanish-American War in 1898….

The Ukrainian Pendulum

The stakes are high in the Ukraine: after the coup, as Crimea and Donbas asserted their right to self determination, American and Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory, both under cover. The American soldiers are “military…

China’s Economy Is Crashing? … As Predicted

“China Is Crashing … As Predicted“ Big Bubble Brutally Bursts … Bringing Bankruptcies, Bond Busts   The head of China’s sovereign wealth fund noted in 2009: “both China and America are addressing bubbles by creating more bubbles”….