Bangladesh’s Elevated Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Bangladesh’s Elevated Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit China from July 3 to 5, during which time she’s expected to ink several agreements focusing mostly on power generation and economic cooperation, according to her country’s media. The South Asian state has always enjoyed excellent relations with China and has recently become one of its largest overseas…

CIA Finances Another Group of Fraudsters: the Venezuelan ‘Opposition’

CIA Finances Another Group of Fraudsters: the Venezuelan ‘Opposition’

Once again, the Central Intelligence Agency has been caught financing a group of grifters and fraudsters at the expense of the American taxpayers. In the latest case, just another in the agency’s 72-year history, the Trump administration-appointed ad hoc board of CITGO, the US subsidiary of the state-owned Venezuelan oil company, PDVSA, stands accused of…

“Make America Great Again” on July 4th: Trump’s Military Parade Is MAGA at Its Finest

“Make America Great Again” on July 4th: Trump’s Military Parade Is MAGA at Its Finest

Trump’s dream of holding a military parade in the American capital will finally come true this July 4th, which epitomizes his promise to “Make America Great Again” and might even begin a new annual tradition. *** President Trump is an unapologetic American nationalist who came to power on his promise to “Make America Great Again”…

Children “Too Frail to Even Cry”: The War in Yemen and Its Bounty of Suffering

Children “Too Frail to Even Cry”: The War in Yemen and Its Bounty of Suffering

Children who die in this way suffer immensely as their vital organ functions slow down and eventually stop. Their immune systems are so weak they are more prone to infections with some too frail to even cry. Parents are having to witness their children wasting away, unable to do anything about it. Tamer Kirolos, Save…

The Globalists of Left & Right

The Globalists of Left & Right

In a previous article of mine [The Neo-Malthusian New Deal], I linked to Wolfgang Streeck’s review essay on ‘Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism’ by Quinn Slobodian. By condensing and summarizing the arguments of these two scholars, and giving my own thoughts on these grave matters, I hope to make the reader understand who contributed…