SELECTED ARTICLES:
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 30 2015
In [a] nationally televised conference, I declared that the consequence of jobs offshoring would be that the US would be a Third World country in 20 years.
IMF Pegs Canada’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion
By Mitchell Anderson, October 30 2015
While Canada slashes budgets for research, education and public broadcasting, there is one part of our economy that enjoys remarkable support from the Canadian taxpayer: the energy sector. The International Monetary Fund estimates that energy subsidies in Canada top an incredible $34 billion each year in direct support to producers and uncollected tax on externalized costs.
By Ellen Brown, October 28 2015
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile — Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1935
By Arnold August, October 30 2015
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was a proposed US-backed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas. […] However, critics saw this as a move that, as was the case with NAFTA, would only serve to benefit the rich and powerful.
China Turns Tables on “US-Backed Agitators” in Hong Kong
By Ulson Gunnar, October 30 2015
The Economist published an article titled, “And the law won: The rise and fall of China’s civil-rights lawyers says much about the Communist Party’s approach to the rule of law.” The long-winded and pretentious title would have been more accurate if instead of “China’s civil-rights lawyers,” it said “US-backed agitators.”
Six Reasons Why China and Russia Are Catching Up with the U.S. Military
By Washington’s Blog, October 29 2015
China and Russia are still behind the U.S. militarily. But they are both showing surprising breakthroughs that – sometime down the road in the future – could threaten U.S. hegemony.
