by Keith K C Hui | Jul 21, 2016 | Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) June 2016 research report “Neoliberalism: Oversold?” which was described as “a political bombshell … that caused a near-panic among advocates of free market policies” by the Foreign Policy analyst Rick Rowden [Note...
by Rob Prince | Jul 20, 2016 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. Some Background The aftershocks of the failed military coup in Turkey are resonating. Nearly 2,500 upper level military personnel, including more than 100 generals sacked and many arrested. 6,000 members of the judiciary, who...
by John Feffer | Jul 13, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
Every era has its representative figure. The Neolithic era had the Farmer. The avatar of the Middle Ages was the Monk, bent over an illuminated manuscript. For the period before and after 1492, the Explorer captured the global imagination. During the Industrial...
by Rob Prince | Jul 1, 2016 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s me Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. What has happened in Libya since 2011 is heartbreaking. Its denials aside,...
by Phyllis Bennis | Jun 29, 2016 | Redev, War & Peace
At least 41 people were killed in the recent bombing of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. The day before, suicide bombers killed five people in Qaa, a small village in Lebanon. And while the Saudi-led and U.S.-backed war in Yemen continues to rage, an ISIS affiliate claimed...
