Every culture has a Story of the People to give meaning to the world. Part conscious and part unconscious, it consists of a matrix of agreements, narratives, and symbols that tell us why we are…
Category: UN
Recently, some foreign media claim that China has become increasingly “aggressive” in the South China Sea. They even falsely declare that China has taken “provocative actions” to escalate the tensions in the sea and blame…
Some four years after the 2008 financial crisis, public trust in banks is as low as ever. Sophisticated investors describe big banks as “black boxes” that may still be concealing enormous risks—the sort that could…
In the early hours of January 1, 2013, by Bolivian Time, I began a frantic search for an item that had been published roughly at the same time, but by Israeli Time. Due to the…
At least 60,000 people have died in Syria’s conflict, UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay says. How does Navi Pillay knows this? The UN does not have any presence in Syria. At least 60,000 people…
Recent events in the Central African Republic provides a test-case for the future of the continent and the role of imperialist governments in their ongoing interventions into the internal affairs of various nation-states. Threatened with…
A Renaissance in the East In the world’s oldest university, a cradle of the European Renaissance, one is reminded of a great Italian who lived at the onset of that Renaissance half a millennium ago…
You may already have seen more recent indications of this, but contrary to published reports of China’s growing inequality, leading to imminent political instability, here is an article from the Atlantic stating the World Bank…
The following Indictment has been submitted as supporting evidence and argument in several legal cases in Canada, and in several official submissions to high levels of the U.S. Government, without rebuttals of any kind to…
Who does the US money belong to? The United States is the only state in the world destitute of the right to issue its own currency. The role of central bank is carried…