America’s income inequality has grown so wide that the current “recovery” is driven primarily by the upper fifth of income earners, as revealed by the latest consumer spending data. Right now, more than 60% of…
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The US, the UK, Russia, China and France are rebuilding or upgrading their arsenals of nuclear weapons. The other four nuclear states too are ‘improving’ their arsenals. As we discuss the statistics and…
N. Korea official urges U.S. talks, says Kim Jong Un will be around for long time NEW YORK–The onus is on Washington to enter dialogue with Pyongyang because Kim Jong Un’s regime will…
Can one be a nationalist, while faithfully serving the interests of a foreign country or an empire? Anywhere else in the world the answer would be resolute and loud “No!” It would appear…
National Bureau of Investigation – National Police Board Jokiniemenkuja 4, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland; and His Excellency Per-Mikael Engberg, Ambassador of Finland to Belgium Kortenberglaan 80, B-1000 Brussel, Belgium Report on fraud and threats against…
Annie Jacobsen’s new book is called Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America. It isn’t terribly secret anymore, of course, and it was never very intelligent. Jacobsen has added some details,…
The Sins of Iran I’m sorry. We DO have to bomb Iran. Our hands are tied. Here’s why: The Iran Oil Bourse will begin trading oil in non-dollars starting March 20; Iranians…
The corruption’s scandal that has deeply wounded the Islamic government of Prime- Minister of Turkey, Tayip Erdogan, is a complex issue with important consequences to the politics, economy, society and the foreign policy. Turkey has…
Recent initiatives in the Arctic Council show that Arctic nations have chosen business as a universal language of rapprochement. Russia’s limited military presence should be viewed as an opportunity to build a safer economic environment…
Lessons for the ongoing struggle in the United States and South Africa Note: The following address was delivered on Saturday Feb. 15, 2014 at the Annual African American History Month forum sponsored by Workers World…