Since the horrific attack on a Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital in Kabul it’s become clear armed, Geneva Convention defying, military action against unarmed Doctors and First Responders and their injured patients is a tactic of choice in certain areas, notably Yemen under the undeniable sponsorship of the Saudis and in Syria where, like most things, …
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Aug 08 2016
A Tail Of Two Kitties
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it …
Aug 04 2016
Today In Trotskyism
Comarades! Important news in our struggle against the Capitalist Pigs of Imperialism and their Running Dogs in the Corporatist Media and Lackeys in the Institutional Political Class. Our Socialist Hero Corbyn has put forth his manifesto to bring about the Glorious Proletarian Revolution! Corbyn sets out 10-point vision for Britain by Peter Walker and Rowena …
Aug 02 2016
Mr Market Won’t Buy
Or, as lambert frequently puts it, the dog won’t eat the dog food. European Bank Shares Fall Out of Bed as Monte dei Paschi Rescue Fails to Reassure by Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism August 2, 2016 Last Friday, after EU banking authorities revealed the expected, that Italy’s number three bank, Monte dei Paschi, needed yet …
Aug 02 2016
The New New Normal
The Real Reckoning Robert Reich Monday, August 1, 2016 Washington insiders expect a return to politics as usual. I’m already hearing Republicans dismiss Donald Trump as a weird aberration. “Ordinarily, Trump wouldn’t have stood a chance,” a Republican operative told me. “He won because he didn’t have a clear opponent until the very end. And …
Aug 01 2016
The Big TPP Push
I certainly hope I don’t have to recapitulate right now exactly why the Trans Pacific Partnership is the worst so-called “trade” deal ever including, but not limited to, the fact that the largest beneficiary is Malaysia, an economy based on slavery (yup, actual factual Gone With The Wind cottonpicking sale of human beings as a …
Aug 01 2016
Europe on the Brink
While it may appear that Quitaly has been avoided with the the Bail In “rescue” of Monte dei Paschi, its third largest bank, all they have really accomplished is to spread the weakness among other fictionally solvent banks and saddle depositors with paper of questionable redeemability. Another “victory” like this and we are undone. Italian …
Jul 31 2016
Corbyn on the Economy
Strengthening workers’ rights should be Labour’s priority by Jeremy Corbyn, The Guardian Saturday 30 July 2016 17.00 EDT The economy isn’t working for millions of our people. Real wages have fallen, insecurity and low-paid jobs are spreading, investment is stagnating, corporate scandals are multiplying and Britain is heading for another downturn. Economic failure is a …
Jul 30 2016
Pure Spite
Look, the fact of the matter is that Alberta Tar Sands are no longer economically viable. About a year’s worth of Global demand in superior product is now in storage on land and floating in reconditioned tankers (many were mothballed) at sea. And when I say superior product you have to remember that extracting usable …
Jul 29 2016
Six More Criminal Indictments In Flint Lead Poisoning Scandal
First, let me point out that word “Criminal” in the title. That means people could and should go to jail. Hard time. Orange Jumpsuits and Tin Cups on the Bars time. Good. They poisoned nearly 100,000 people, 8,000 of them children under 5 years old, 62,000 of them Minority (to be fair, 38,000 of them …
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