December 1, 2019 | Astute News

The West Has Two Liberalism Problems, And Burning The Quran Is Just One of Them

December 1, 2019

The disgusting burning of a Quran in Norway last week was a rabidly Islamophobic act of hatred that highlighted one of the West's two liberalism problems, with the first being that the aforementioned …

US Primes NATO to Confront Russia, China

December 1, 2019

Opinion

The December 3-4 summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in London resembles a family reunion after the acrimony over the issue of military spending by America’s European allies. The t…

Iran May Be the Only Winner in Iraq

December 1, 2019

Opinion

Intelligence documents reveal how Tehran took advantage of US blundering. The American invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of that nation’s government in 2003 has rightly been described as the greatest…

Trump Claims that Nicaragua Is a “National Security Threat” to Legitimize U.S. Economic Aggression

December 1, 2019

Opinion

Nicaragua has been experiencing a political crisis since mid-April 2018 when a reform of the Social Security system was used as a pretext to unleash pro-U.S. violent protests against the gov…

The Antisemitic Card

December 1, 2019

Opinion

It is a ludicrous situation when anyone criticizing Israeli state violations against Palestinians or neighbouring countries is then instantly discredited as being “antisemitic”. We see this in Britain…

The Hong Kong Local Elections Were a Monumental Defeat for Fake News, Not China

December 1, 2019

Opinion

Marsha Blackburn, a Republican Senator from Tennessee, burnished her anti-China hawk credentials by ridiculously tweeting that the Hong Kong local elections were a “monumental defeat” for “pro-Ch…

UK Election: A Losing Game for Everyone

December 1, 2019

Opinion

On 12 December, Britons will go to the polls for an election that will decide the fate of the nation for a generation. Liberal capitalism is dying. It is failing to produce an answer to runaway global…

The Destruction of the Dollar

December 1, 2019

Opinion

“Inflation” occurs when the creation of currency outruns the creation of real wealth it can bid for… It isn’t caused by price increases; rather, it causes price increases. Inflation is not caused by t…