by John Feffer | Nov 18, 2014 | Energy, Environment, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
By now, the phrase “Pacific Pivot” gives off a whiff of nostalgia. The Obama administration’s announcement of its intention three years ago to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia seems to belong to an entirely different era. It was a time when the United States...
by John Feffer | Oct 29, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
Vladimir Putin, the wily strategist of Russian revanchism, is well on his way to reconstructing the Warsaw Pact. That, at least, is what the pundits of The Washington Post are making it out to seem. Last week, Jackson Diehl penned a column on how Putin has driven a...
by Tom Engelhardt | Oct 3, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
What are the odds? You put about $68 billion annually into a maze of 17 major intelligence outfits. You build them glorious headquarters. You create a global surveillance state for the ages. You listen in on your citizenry and gather their communications in staggering...
by John Feffer | Oct 3, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
Its corner location was unbeatable. But Brave New World cafe faced steep competition on Warsaw’s most fashionable thoroughfare: a pricey French bakery, a trendy sushi restaurant and the famous Café Blickle, which began serving coffee and pastries long before World War...
by John Feffer | Oct 3, 2014 | Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. Neo-liberalism, like the famous cat, seems to have nine lives in Poland. The effort to cut back the state and give freer rein to the market has suffered at least three near-death experiences. The initial “shock therapy” approach...
