Continued Erosion in the Name of Commerce

Peter WilsonApril 4, 2014

U.S.A. The debate surrounding the economy and capitalism is narrow, simplified and doesn't address the underlying problems of society caused by unfettered capit...

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Mainstream Media, Continually Failing to Inform the Public

Peter WilsonApril 4, 2014

U.S.A. There is a general canard among those who are broadly on the right of the political spectrum that the mainstream media is left-leaning and liberal, and t...

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

ROOSTERGNN StaffApril 4, 2014

U.S.A. In remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death on April 4, 1968, ROOSTERGNN publishes the above image, depicting the march on Washington for Jobs and F...

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20 Years since NAFTA: Reflection on Globalization

Peter WilsonApril 3, 2014

GLOBAL. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an ideal opportunity to reflect on globalization and ...

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Crimea Conflict: the Cold War, Again

Mike DucheineApril 3, 2014

GLOBAL. The successful alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union brought victory and an end to World War II. However, peace didn’t last long. Admi...

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1929 vs. 2008: How Governments Responded to Economic Crises

Peter WilsonApril 2, 2014

“In the summer of 1931 a Labour government suddenly sagged at its knees and fell dead. High finance had killed it as high finance will kill the next Labour gove...

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Next Conflict Alert: Transnistria?

Sardor AbdullaevApril 2, 2014

CHISINAU, MOLDOVA. The question of Transnistria echoes again (also called Trans-Dniester) after the events in Ukraine. Russian and Tiraspol authorities and poli...

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Hillary 2016: Exactly How Unimaginative is the Democratic Party?

Peter WilsonApril 2, 2014

U.S.A. It is highly likely that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee in 2016. The fact that she appears to be the overwhelming mainstream favorite get...

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Will Erdogan Pay a Price for Refusing to Make Concessions?

Sardor AbdullaevApril 1, 2014

ANKARA, TURKEY. Turkey is shaken by ongoing civil unrest. In many cities across the country, tens of thousands of people take over public squares with mass demo...

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Neo-Liberalism: Weakening and Corrupting Politicians

Peter WilsonApril 1, 2014

U.S.A. Although many people might be familiar with the term “neo-liberalism”, there is still very little reporting of this economic model, even though it pretty...

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Spanish Media Distorts the Mission of the Marches of Dignity

ROOSTERGNN StaffApril 1, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. Saturday the 22nd of March saw Madrid turn into a confluence of slogans, banners, and chants as people from all regions of Spain got together in ...

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The True Crisis Behind the Financial Crisis

Nele GoutierMarch 31, 2014

GLOBAL. That the world is in the middle of a financial crisis, is unlikely to have escaped anyone’s attention. While unemployment rates, debts and inflation in...

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La verdadera crisis detrás de la crisis financiera

Nele GoutierMarch 31, 2014

GLOBAL.Que el mundo atravesando una crisis financiera, lo habrán notado casi todos. Mientras que las tasa de desempleo, las deudas y la inflación aumenta, los ...

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The Eurasian Dream, Shattered?

Sardor AbdullaevMarch 31, 2014

UKRAINE. A further escalation of the Ukrainian crisis may cause dreadful tectonic shifts both at regional and global level politics. Russia’s reaction to the Uk...

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Is America a Third World Country?

Peter WilsonMarch 29, 2014

U.S.A. The level of inequality in the United States is staggering and has only deepened over the past few decades. Recently, Rolling Stone published a very thou...

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Freedom = Economic Freedom?

Peter WilsonMarch 29, 2014

U.K. The central political goal at the heart of Western politics has been the idea of individual freedom; politicians have attempted to free individuals from th...

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