Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Does Not Apply to France’s Muslim Population

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Does Not Apply to France’s Muslim Population

On 16 October, French teacher Samuel Paty was decapitated outside his secondary school in a Paris suburb while on his way home. The attacker, 18-year old Abdullakh Anzorov, a Russian-born refugee of Chechen descent, was allegedly enraged by the teacher’s sharing of Charlie Hebdo’s controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad with his class a week and a half before the attack.  The…

Europe Helps US Destroy Libya, Now Blames/Sanctions Russia

Europe Helps US Destroy Libya, Now Blames/Sanctions Russia

The EU has leveled sanctions against Russia for – among other things – “meddling” in Libya’s ongoing civil war. AFP in its article, “EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya,” would claim: The EU said Wagner had committed “multiple and repeated breaches” of a UN arms embargo on Libya, where Russia has backed warlord…

The More the EU Tightens Its Grip, the More Countries Slip Through Its Fingers

The More the EU Tightens Its Grip, the More Countries Slip Through Its Fingers

It finally looks like the four-and-a-half-year saga of Brexit is coming to an ignominious end. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the final bluff of the incompetent bureaucrats in Brussels, walking away from trade talks while leaving the door open. But that door is only open if the EU is willing to crawl in on…

Covid: A Curfew for What?

Covid: A Curfew for What?

Several Western countries think they are facing a new wave of Covid-19 epidemic. Populations that have already suffered a lot, not from the disease, but from the measures taken to protect them from it, find it difficult to accept new public order measures on health grounds. This is an opportunity for us to analyze behaviors….

Modern Monetary Theory and the Crisis of Capitalism: Part Two

Modern Monetary Theory and the Crisis of Capitalism: Part Two

This is the second part of an article. Part one is available here. Historically, gold emerged as the money commodity. Over the past century and more, fiat money issued by the state has come to replace gold in the daily functioning of the capitalist economy, and above all its financial and credit system, particularly following…