Day: June 2, 2019

Clubs, Cartels, and Bilderberg

June 2, 2019 Opinion

“After decades of neoliberalism, we are at the mercy of a cluster of cartels who are lobbying politicians hard and using monopoly power to boost profits.”Joseph Stiglitz, The Price of Inequality (2012…

Mahathir Mohamad Makes Incredibly Important Speech Endorsing Gold Standard

June 2, 2019 Opinion

Dr. M goes for gold Veteran Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has made a speech calling for all of east Asia to begin trading on the basis of a new currency based on a classical gold standard.…

Brainwashing in Action: Pence Hails Virtue of ‘Certain War’

June 2, 2019 Opinion

In an address to West Point military graduates, US Vice President Mike Pence told them they will one day fight for America. “It’s a virtual certainty,” said Pence who was swelling with pride as he spo…

Perry’s Attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and the Empire’s Lost Grip on Reality

June 2, 2019 Opinion

On Tuesday May 21st, US energy secretary Rick Perry made headlines after paying a visit to the newly elected administration of Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The visit itself wasn’t the cause of the headlines b…

Australia’s Suspicion of China’s South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game

June 2, 2019 Opinion

The mainstream media revived its narrative of fear-mongering about China’s South Pacific investments during the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing and ahead of the recently re-elected Australia…

With Friends Like These…

June 2, 2019 Opinion

American foreign policy can be so retro, not to mention absurd. Despite being bogged down in more military interventions than it can reasonably handle, the Trump team recently picked a new fight -- in…

Shhh. It’s Not Fracking, It’S Freedom Gas

June 2, 2019 Opinion

In a display of full-on, Ministry of Truth-level insanity, the Trump administration appears to be attempting to rebrand its energy exports as “freedom gas.” It sounds like satire, but you couldn’t eve…

The American Empire First Attacked Korea in 1871…and Lost

June 2, 2019 History

The pesky Asians, sometimes they’re trading too much and you have to wage a trade war on them—at other times they’re trading too little and you also have to wage a war on them. In 1871 Koreans were tr…