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The Environmental Movement and Capitalism: When History Knocks By Prof. Sam Gindin, January 11 2015

To raise the environmental crisis in Canada is to simultaneously highlight the notorious Alberta Tar Sands, the fastest growing polluter in Canada. But the Tar Sands are more than an environmental issue. This crisis-in-motion is inseparable from other fundamental issues

Paris Attackers Funded by Pentagon Dinner Guest By Tony Cartalucci, January 11 2015

Corroborating claims by French security agencies, a bizarre interview conducted just before the death of terror suspect Chérif Kouachi reveals that he had been in Yemen and in direct contact with none other than Anwar Al Awaki – the notorious

Charlie Hebdo Police Investigator Commits Suicide. “Killed Himself While Preparing the Police Report” By Sputnik, January 11 2015

Police commissioner Helric Fredou, who had been investigating the attack on the French weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, committed suicide in his office. The incident occurred in Limoges, the administrative capital of the Limousin region in west-central France, on 

Paris Killings: Media Lies, Unanswered Questions. Was it a False Flag? By Stephen Lendman, January 11 2015

On Friday, three days rocking Paris ended. Cherif and Said Kouachi took refuge in a Dammartin-en-Goele printing company facility. 

French security forces stormed it. Reports said gunfire was exchanged. Both brothers were killed.

Separately, Amedy Coulibaly seized the Hyper Cacher …

Arrest of Internationally Renowned Iraqi Human Rights Advocate Uday Al-Zaidi. Appeal of Extreme Urgency By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 11 2015

Mr Al-Zaidi was arrested by Iraqi security forces at 18.00 hrs., on Friday January 9th in Al-Shatrah city in southern Iraq.

Uday Al-Zaidi is internationally renowned for his courageous and outspoken advocacy against the sectarian cleansing in Iraq which began …

WMD Redux? Germany’s ‘Der Spiegel’ Claims Syria is Attempting to Build Nuclear Weapons By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 11 2015

A new report published by a German news magazine Der Spiegel has published a report claiming that the Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad has a “secret underground Plant” with the specific goal “of developing nuclear weapons.”   The report suggests …

Paris Terror Attacks: Who Was Behind This Dastardly Act of Terror? The Suspects Killed by Police, Forecloses a Judicial Procedure. By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 11 2015

Since the publication of my earlier text, there has been a major development in the Paris massacre. The two brothers responsible for the massacre, Cherif and Said Kouachi, were gunned down by the French police on the 9th of January,

Who Should be Blamed for “Muslim Terrorism”? By Andre Vltchek, January 11 2015

A hundred years ago, it would have been unimaginable to have a pair of Muslim men enter a cafe or a public transportation vehicle, and then blow themselves up, killing dozens. Or to massacre the staff of a satirical magazine

Haiti’s Struggle for Freedom: US Imperialism, MINUSTAH and the Overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 11 2015

This article was first published on December 27, 2012. Tomorrow, January 12, 2015, Haiti will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the devastating earthquake. The country is still under occupation.

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Haiti’s military occupation by

Paris – A Dastardly Act of Terror. The Case for an Independent Investigation By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 11 2015

It is not surprising that Muslim governments, organizations and individuals right across the globe have condemned the heinous murder of 12 persons — 10 journalists and two police — at the headquarters of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris

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North Korea’s Proposal for Peace and Stability on the Korean Peninsula By Irina Malenko, January 11 2015

The Korean Central News Agency released the following report on Saturday:

Recently the DPRK government proposed a crucial step to the U.S. government to remove the danger of war, ease tension and create a peaceful climate on the Korean peninsula, …

Haiti “Reconstruction”: Land Grabbing, Privatization and Occupation By Ezili Dantò, January 11 2015

This article was published by EziliDantò.com on April 8, 2014 and by Global Research on April 17. Tomorrow, January 12, 2015 Haiti will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the devastating earthquake. 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Haitan President Michel Martelly.

Terrorism in France: Another False Flag? By Joachim Hagopian, January 11 2015

As the dust settles over France still reeling and mourning from this week’s horrific crisis, to make sense of such tragedies, it is important to examine as closely as possible the series of events that began last Wednesday with the

As Paris Marches: Mainstream Media Is NOT Charlie By John Hopkins, January 11 2015

So I wake up on the day of France’s huge ‘Republican March’ in time to hear ‘Les Racines Du Ciel’ (The Roots Of Heaven), a weekly France Culture radio program that takes an all-comers-welcome approach to spiritual development. Very predictably,

Obama Lied About His Intent to Prosecute Wall Street Banksters By Eric Zuesse, January 11 2015

Two recent reports show that Obama and his Administration lied when they promised to prosecute Wall Street executives who had cheated outside investors and deceived homebuyers when selling mortgages to them.

On May 20, 2009, at the signing into law

False Flags, Charlie Hebdo and Tsarnaev’s Trial: Cui bono? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 11 2015

UPDATES: Well known writers Thierry Meyssan and Kevin Barrett see the “terrorist” attach on Charlie Hebdo as a false flag attack. See http://www.voltairenet.org/article186441.html [1] and http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/01/10/392426/Planted-ID-card-exposes-Paris-false-flag [2]

Update: According to news reports, one of the accused in the attack on

GRNH 2014, Year in Review: The Islamic State, A New Bogeyman; Global Warfare, NATO Threatens Russia By Michael Welch, January 11 2015

NATO did not sort of complete its mission with respect to Crimea, and effectively bring it under NATO Western power tutelage….That’s why we had such a sharp turn in March to an intensification of the propaganda war against Russia,

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Netanyahu on Collision course with Europe By Anthony Bellchambers, January 10 2015

‘The EU is providing considerable support, including financial assistance, to ensure the building of the institutions and infrastructure of a future Palestinian state. These achievements should not be put at risk by not meeting obligations regarding the timely and transparent

Animal Rights: Torture of Mother Pigs at Walmart Factory Farms By Global Research News, January 10 2015

Hi, I’m Joaquin Phoenix, and I need your help with a very serious issue: ending the sickening abuse mother pigs endure at Walmart pork supplier factory farms. Please sign my petition asking Walmart to phase out inherently cruel gestation crates

Mourning Charlie Hebdo Journalists, While Ignoring that US-NATO State-Sponsored Terrorism is the “Number One Killer” of Journalists By Julie Lévesque, January 10 2015

In the wake of the terrorist attack by self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda operatives killing 12 people including 8 journalists from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the Western elite and mainstream media display of compassion and indignation highlights their complaisance towards Western

The Jihad: A Creation and Instrument of US Foreign Policy: Zbigniew Brzezinski talking to the Mujahedeen By Global Research News, January 10 2015

Dead Men Tell No Tales: The CIA, 9/11 and the Anwar Al-Awlaki Assassination By Tom Burghardt, January 10 2015

This article was first published on October 9, 2011. One of the terrorists who took part in the attack which killed 12 journalists of the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015 told BMFTV, a French news outlet,

Paris Shooting Suspects Under French Security and Intelligence Radar for Years By Tony Cartalucci, January 10 2015

The Paris shooting suspects were no strangers to the French government and its security and intelligence agencies. One suspect, Cherif Kouachi, was arrested by French police in 2005, tried and sentenced to 3 years in prison for “association with wrongdoers

9/11 Truth: Poll shows Canadian Citizens disbelieve Official 9/11 Story By Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, January 10 2015

Great News Out of Canada This Week!

The poll we commissioned last month — thanks to the generous support of so many of you — shows that Canadians are with us in supporting a parliamentary review of 9/11. Among the

Australian Government Exploits Paris Attacks By Mike Head, January 10 2015

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott immediately seized upon the attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial offices in Paris to foreshadow further boosting the vast powers of Australia’s police-intelligence apparatus and expanding the country’s frontline participation in the US-led war in

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Refuses to Test Foods for Glyphosate (Monsanto Roundup) Contamination, Says Pesticides are Safe to Eat By Jonathan Benson, January 10 2015

The American food supply is teeming with deadly pesticides. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), headed by former Monsanto lawyer Tom Vilsack, says people shouldn’t worry because pesticides are completely safe to eat!

The latest pesticide data released by …

The Terror Attacks in France. The Broader Geopolitical Implications By Umberto Pascali, January 10 2015

Question: Mr. Pascali, an unprecedented drama is developing in France under our eyes. After marked terrorists killed 12 people at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo, new terrorist acts are striking France. Hostages have been taken in a Paris store

Paris Terror Suspect Amedy Coulibaly Met With French President Sarkozy in 2009 By Jay Dyer, January 10 2015

All the details I mentioned in the Paris 9/11 story that are consonant with false flags have now emerged.  The siege ending in a standoff with reported hostages has the tell-tale signs of a false flag event.  In fact, …

Adding More Proof ‘War Is Over’ Is a Myth, NATO Commander Warns of Inevitable Deaths to Come By Sarah Lazare, January 10 2015

A U.S. Army helicopter taking off from Forward Operating Base Shindand, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2012. (Photo: DoD/public domain)

The public should expect more U.S military casualties in Afghanistan, the top commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently warned,

Fake Terror Group Plans “Mass Casualty Attack” Against West By Kurt Nimmo, January 10 2015

Taking advantage of the hysteria and outrage surrounding the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris prior to the ongoing drama as the state tracks down the alleged perpetrators, Andrew Parker, director general of the British Security Service, warned Khorasan will …

Police State France. New Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Threat to Civil Liberties By Stephen Lendman, January 10 2015

Washington took full advantage of 9/11. Sweeping police state laws followed. They remain in place.

Including the USA Patriot Act. Eviscerating fundamental Bill of Rights freedoms. The Homeland Security Act. Establishing a national Gestapo for the first time.

Various other …

Paris Charlie Hebdo and the Boston Bombing: That Other Missing Comparison By Russ Baker, January 10 2015

This article was first published on Who What Why

Yesterday, in response to the horrific events in Paris, a columnist for the Boston Globe, Kevin Cullen, wrote a column drawing a parallel between that monstrous attack and the different but

Drones and Targeted Killing. The Legal, Moral and Political Ramifications of Unmanned Aerial Warfare. By Prof. Marjorie Cohn and John Wilkens, January 10 2015

Marjorie Cohn has been a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego since 1991, specializing in international human rights law. She’s a former president of the National Lawyers Guild and testified before Congress about torture.

She recently

Washington vs Daesh: Who Is Winning The War On The Islamic State (IS/ISIL?) By Danny Schechter, January 10 2015

It was a strange article on the front page of the New York Times: A top US general, Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, was admitting that the Pentagon is at war with

How Obama Lied About Obamacare By Eric Zuesse, January 10 2015

When U.S. Senator Barack Obama was campaigning for the Presidency in 2007 and 2008, he promised that on healthcare, his plan would be “making health insurance universal.”

This means he was promising that 100% of Americans would have health-insurance, once …

Police found the ID of Said Kouachi at the Scene of the Charlie Hebdo Shooting. Does this Sound Familiar? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 10 2015

According to news reports, police found the ID of Said Kouachi at the scene of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. Does this sound familiar? Remember, authorities claimed to have found the undamaged passport of one of the alleged 9/11 hijackers among …

Paris Double Siege Ends in Death of Suspects, New ‘Anti-Semitic’ and ‘Al-Awlaki’ Narratives Emerge By 21st Century Wire, January 10 2015

21WIRE first reported on Wednesday the likelihood that none of the alleged suspects would be left alive to tell their story – a narrative which has ultimately played out today.

A number of new and incredible narratives – and anomalies,

Reactions to France Terror Attacks include Citizens’ Calls “to Kill All Muslims” By Robert Barsocchini, January 09 2015

US and European state police forces are making arrests (and here) for social media posts that threaten retaliatory violence or intend to incite retaliatory violence against the police.

At the same time, some members of state police forces are

CIA’s Hidden Hand in ‘Democracy’ Groups By Robert Parry, January 09 2015

Image: William Casey, CIA Director 1981 – 1987

Freedom House and the National Endowment for Democracy stress their commitment to freedom of thought and democracy, but both cooperated with a CIA-organized propaganda operation in the 1980s, according to documents released

Is Abbas’ war crimes bid against Israel a big bluff? By Jonathan Cook, January 09 2015

Intense pressure from Israel and the US last week on members of the United Nations Security Council narrowly averted Washington’s embarrassment at being forced to veto a Palestinian resolution to end the occupation.

The Palestinians’ failure to get the necessary …

Charlie Hebdo and Tsarnaev’s Trial: Cui bono? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 09 2015

There are two ways to look at the alleged terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

One is that in the English speaking world, or much of it, the satire would have been regarded as “hate speech,” and …

The Guardian Finally Starts to Report the Truth about Ukraine’s War By Eric Zuesse, January 09 2015

On January 7th, Britain’s Guardian, which used to be a fine newspaper but isn’t now, started what will necessarily be a long road back to reality, after nearly a year of their intermittent inattention and Western propaganda on Ukraine —

Black People’s Grand Jury Indicts Cop for First Degree Murder of Michael Brown By Glen Ford, January 09 2015

A Black People’s Grand Jury in St. Louis, Missouri, this weekend delivered a “true bill of indictment” for first degree murder against former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Black teenager Michael Brown. Black people “can and …

GMO Biotechnology Categorized as “Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction”, Pakistan, Russia By Global Research News, January 09 2015

In July last year, Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta, multinational companies and a number of national firms approached Pakistan’s Ministry of Food Security seeking licences to raise genetically-modified (GM) food products in Pakistan.

Imran Ali Teepu reported for Dawn that a …

Palestine Accedes to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Rome Statute and other International Instruments By Prof Nicolas Boeglin, January 09 2015

Last January 6, United Nations Secretary General issued a note indicating that ICC’s Rome Statute will enter into force as to the State of Palestine on April 1, 2015 (see official note of Secretary General acting as depositary of Rome

Suspects in Charlie Hebdo Attack Were in US Terrorism Database By ITAR-TASS, January 09 2015

The suspects had been also on the US no-fly list for years, a senior US intelligence official told ABC News, while declining to reveal why the brothers’ information was on the lists.

Brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi who are sought …

History Proves that Western Governments Have Already Used Food as a Weapon of Genocide By Ethan A. Huff, January 09 2015

The Great Famine of Ireland, in which mass potato crop failures resulted in more than 1 million men, women, and children dying of starvation, is now recognized by some as one of the first historical examples of the dangers of …

Monsanto’s Roundup (Glyphosate) Overuse: Scientist Warns Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025 By Global Research News, January 09 2015

Why? Evidence points to glyphosate toxicity from the overuse of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on our food.

For over three decades, Stephanie Seneff, PhD, has researched biology and technology, over the years publishing over 170 scholarly peer-reviewed articles. In recent …

Euro Zone Officially Tips into Deflation By Stefan Steinberg, January 09 2015

Figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday confirm that the euro area has fallen into deflation for the first time since 2009, when the region suffered the disastrous economic consequences of the 2008 financial crisis.

Consumer prices in the euro area …

Charlie Hebdo: Massive Police Mobilization in France By Patrick Martin, January 09 2015

In the aftermath of the massacre at the editorial offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, the French state has organized a massive police-military mobilization, deploying tens of thousands of officers and troops throughout Paris and northern France.

Haiti’s Promised Rebuilding is Unfulfilled as Haitians Challenge Authoritarian Rule By Travis Ross and Roger Annis, January 09 2015

Five years after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti’s capital region, the loudly-trumpeted reconstruction of the country is still an unrealized dream.

2015 finds Haitians fighting tooth and nail in renewed political mobilizations to create the nation-building project …

Unprecedented: ‘Cataclysmic’ Die-Off of Birds on Entire West Coast — Beaches Covered with Dead Bodies By Global Research News, January 09 2015

Statesman Journal, Jan 2, 2015 (emphasis added): Why is the beach covered in dead birds?…  “I’ve never seen that many before”… a mass die-off [is] going on along the entire West Coast… “To be this

Drone Guidelines to Protect Civilians Do Not Apply to Afghanistan: White House Official By Sarah Lazare, January 09 2015

The ISAF color guard marches during the ISAF Joint Command (IJC) and XVIII Airborne Corps colors casing ceremony, Dec 8, 2014 at North Kabul Afghanistan International Airport, Afghanistan. Despite public ceremonies like this one, marking the supposed conclusion of U.S.-led

Racism and Terrorism in the US: Bombing of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Office, Colorado By RT, January 09 2015

FBI agents are seeking a middle-aged white man in connection with an explosion outside the office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Colorado. The agency thinks it might be a hate crime or an act

Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO): US-Israel Sponsored Terrorist Entity directed against Iran By Dr. Ismail Salami, January 08 2015

In their abortive effort to assassinate another Iranian nuclear scientist, Israeli officials only sustained desperation and disgrace in their dastardly elimination campaign against Iran which was apparently in sync with ISIL inhumane brutalities inside Iraq and Syria. 

More alert than

Bujanovac Chronicles: Finding Snow in Southern Serbia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 08 2015

Rakovac, Southern Serbia

Snow has a supremely deft, crystalline structure. It hangs heavily to the point of being hardened lead.  It lingers softly like a passing kiss. It gathers slowly like an age that may never pass. It can also …

US Media Coverage of Charlie Hebdo Massacre: Remembering Victims of Terror–and Forgetting Some Others By Jim Naureckas, January 08 2015

Here’s “CIA deputy director and CBS News senior security consultant” Mike Morell (CBS Morning News1/7/15) giving his expert commentary on the Charlie Hebdo massacre:

This is the worst terrorist attack in Europe since the attacks in

Just As The Islamic State (ISIL) Gets Exposed As A Fake US Enemy, A “Wag the Dog” Terrorist Attack in Paris? By Joachim Hagopian, January 08 2015

With information just breaking that the United States has been air dropping arms, food and medical supplies to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) forces in Iraq, supposedly the world’s latest terrorist enemy on steroids, what has been

Japan’s World War II Crimes: Reexamining the “Comfort Women” Issue By Norimatsu Satoko, January 08 2015

Yoshimi Yoshiaki, a leading historian of the Japanese military sex slavery system, stresses three points in an interview held in late October of 2014, as part of the Japanese weekly Shūkan Kin’yōbi’s series of articles to counter-argue the prevailing

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Graft and Corruption in Ukraine Military By Eric Zuesse, January 08 2015

Yury Biryukov, an aide to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, said on January 6th that during the year 2014, up to $450 million was stolen from Ukraine’s military. This amount happens to be precisely the same maximum amount of money …

Paris Killings: Terrorism or False Flag? By Stephen Lendman, January 08 2015

Things aren’t always as they seem. When incidents like this happen, take nothing at face value.

On Wednesday, three heavily armed masked men attacked the Paris-based satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Known for lampooning Islam, other religions and political figures.

The …

New York Police Corruption and Racism Exposed By Margaret Kimberley, January 08 2015

The informal NYPD slowdown is proving that cops do more harm than good. Low level arrests have plummeted, but “so far, none of these declines in enforcement have had an impact on safety in the city.” The lesson is clear:

The Ongoing Impact of White Supremacy on People of Color By Solomon Comissiong, January 08 2015

“White supremacy was literally beaten into our ancestors.”

White supremacy has a dark legacy within the United States, dating back to this country’s illegal founding. This is inconvenient truth is hardly deniable to those who are intellectually honest. It is …

With 97% Compliance Chicken Pox Vaccine Still Causes Outbreaks By Christina Sarich, January 08 2015

Year after year, South Korea has been experiencing chicken pox outbreaks even after the population there has been vaccinated against the disease to a near universal compliance rate of 97%. Why then, with such good vaccine coverage, are the vaccines

Charlie Hebdo Suspect Surrenders to Police, Claims to Have Alibi By Sputnik, January 08 2015

MOSCOW, January 8 (Sputnik) — The youngest of the three suspects in the Wednesday terror attack at Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad turned himself in to police claiming he is innocent, French iTele TV Channel said …

U.S. Officials Claim French Authorities Killed One Suspect, Arrested Two Others In Charlie Hebdo Attack By Kurt Nimmo, January 08 2015

Although unconfirmed by the French, U.S. officials have told the media one suspect in the Charlie Hebdo attack was killed and two others are in custody.

The men were earlier identified as French nationals Said and Cherif Kouachi and Hamyd …

Washington Buries the CIA Torture Report By Patrick Martin, January 08 2015

One month ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee released the 500-page summary of its voluminous report on the torture of prisoners in secret CIA facilities overseas, conducted between 2002 and 2007. In grisly detail, the report documented such practices as waterboarding,

Consequences of the Shooting at Paris Offices of Charlie Hebdo By Bill Van Auken and Alex Lantier, January 08 2015

Twelve people are dead and eight wounded, including four who are fighting for their lives, after a massacre yesterday morning by masked men armed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and bulletproof vests at the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie

Torture Advocates Outnumbered Critics 2-to-1 in News Coverage By FAIR, January 08 2015

Dick Cheney defends torture on Meet the Press (12/14/14)

A new FAIR study finds that torture defenders outnumbered critics of torture by nearly 2 to 1 in TV news coverage of the Senate Intelligence Committee report released on December 9.…

Reconstitution of Haiti’s Tontons Macoutes: Trained by the U.S. and Integrated in the UN Occupation Force MINUSTAH By Dady Chery, January 08 2015

The peaceful territory of Haiti, which has the lowest crime rate in the Caribbean, is occupied by more than 19,627 armed personnel. Specifically, at the last count on October 31, 2014, there was a domestic force of 11,228 established police …

US Network TV: Torture Advocates Outnumbered Critics 2-to-1 By FAIR, January 08 2015

A new FAIR study finds that torture defenders outnumbered critics of torture by nearly 2 to 1 in TV news coverage of the Senate Intelligence Committee report released on December 9.

FAIR surveyed the guests of nine news programs for …

A Timeline: Where did the Paris Shooters Get Their Weapons? By Tony Cartalucci, January 08 2015

Heavily armed, well-trained gunmen executed what appears to be a well-planned attack in Paris, France, killing 12, including 2 police officers. Where did these terrorists get their weapons, training, political backing, funds, and inspiration? A short timeline featuring news stories

France Armed Terrorists that Struck Paris By Tony Cartalucci, January 08 2015

France, as part of a NATO-led coalition, has been arming, funding, aiding, and otherwise perpetuating Al Qaeda terrorists for years, beginning, on record in Libya with the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and continuing until today with NATO’s arming,

Haiti: Legislators Refuse to Legitimize the Appointment of New Prime Minister Evans Paul By Dady Chery, January 07 2015

Evans Paul was not named Haiti’s Prime Minister on December 25, 2014 but merely nominated as such.

A Haitian President is not empowered to name a Prime Minister by decree. According to Article 137 of the 1987 Constitution,

“The

Abenomics and Japan’s Economic Crisis By Andrew Dewit, January 07 2015

In the waning days of 2014, by far the hottest year humans have ever measured,1 Bloomberg News warned that the foreign investors who control roughly 70% of volume traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange “have had just about enough

Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust By Ray McGovern, January 07 2015

Heading into the last quarter of his presidency, Barack Obama must decide whether he will let the neocons keep pulling his strings or finally break loose and pursue a realistic foreign policy seeking practical solutions to world problems, including the 

Mind-Altering Drugs: Are Statins the Cause of Widespread Brain Dysfunction? By Ethan A. Huff, January 07 2015

Diseases of the brain are rampant in America today, and evidence suggests that a popular class of pharmaceutical drugs may be largely to blame. They’re known as statins, and the science behind how they function in the body reveals that …

GMO Farmer: ‘I Won’t Eat My Own Crops’ By Christina Sarich, January 07 2015

Like a thousand other farmers across the US, Kirk Bair is a farmer looking for ways to grow food economically and with as little labor as possible – but what are the moral implications of planting food you are aware

New York Times Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine By Robert Parry, January 07 2015

Image: The neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol on a banner in Ukraine.

During my years at Newsweek in the late 1980s, when I would propose correcting some misguided conventional wisdom, I’d often be told, “let’s leave that one for the historians,” with

Political Instability and Global Slump Intensify Financial Turmoil By Nick Beams, January 07 2015

The year has opened with turbulence on world financial markets, reflecting the interaction between deepening slump, heightened geo-political tensions and growing political instability in virtually every country.

The mounting problems in the global financial system are expressed most directly on …