Of Billionaires, Fiscal Paradises, the World’s Debt, and the Victims

Of Billionaires, Fiscal Paradises, the World’s Debt, and the Victims

Among Bloomberg’s many profitable activities there is a convenient Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has just published its findings for 2017. It covers only the 500 richest people, and it proudly announces that they have increased their wealth by 1 trillion dollars in just one year. Their fortunes went up by 23 per cent to top comfortable…

Palestinians Say Jerusalem ‘Not for Sale’ After Trump Aid Threat

Palestinians Say Jerusalem ‘Not for Sale’ After Trump Aid Threat

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office said on Wednesday that Jerusalem is “not for sale” after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut annual aid of more than $300m to force them to the negotiating table. “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the state of Palestine and it is not for sale for gold or billions,”…

‘Mine is Bigger’: Trump Dares Kim Jong-un to Compare Nuclear Buttons

‘Mine is Bigger’: Trump Dares Kim Jong-un to Compare Nuclear Buttons

President Donald Trump has fired off a tweet against North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, claiming to have a “more powerful” nuclear weapons launcher. Trump’s tweet, amid a barrage of angry posts, is a belated response to Kim’s New Year speech, in which the North Korean leader claimed, “The entire United States is within range…

President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: the End of Hegemony?

President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: the End of Hegemony?

Introduction The Trump regime proclaimed that the vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was a strategic US decision. Both President Trump and his bombastic UN Ambassador Nikki Haley threatened that all decisions and agreements regarding alliances, loans, aid and diplomatic relations were…