Selected Articles: Mass Protests in South Korea, Political Crisis in Italy, Housing Crisis in America
South Korea Influence-Peddling Scandal, Mass Protests, Impeachment Process
By SooKyung Nam, December 06 2016
For the sixth straight weekend, hundreds of thousands of Koreans came out in Seoul (and with other Korean cities estimates approaching 2 million people on the streets) to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. This Saturday December 3, the protests marched on the Presidential Blue House. The three opposition parties introduced a bill last week to impeach the President, supported by a majority of the parliament (171 of 300 members), for abuse of power in an influence-peddling scandal. But the vote needs a 2/3 majority and requires a rump of Park’s Saenuri party to break and support the opposition to pass the bill.
Italy’s Referendum and Political Crisis: Democracy Against Neoliberalism
By Prof. Cinzia Arruzza, December 06 2016
Listening to the media, you would think that yesterday’s Italian referendum results were yet another victory of right-wing populism against democracy. The situation, however, is much more complex than this, and the No victory is a victory for democracy and for the defense of social rights worth celebrating.
By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 06 2016
Over the last several weeks it has become quite evident to many of those who thought a Donald Trump presidency would advance a political agenda that is markedly different from what has prevailed over the last three decades are realizing they were sadly mistaken.
Troubled Waters: Trump, Taiwan and Beijing
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 06 2016
There was much tittering in the US-China fraternity over the casual, yet infuriating engagement US President elect Donald Trump had with Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen. A reading of the reactions suggested meltdown, a terrifying, imminent apocalypse. An outrageous booboo, or an typically uncharacteristic move hardly worth a mention?
Washington’s Imperial Project in Syria Faces Defeat. Obama’s Criminal Legacy
By Stephen Lendman, December 06 2016
Obama will be remembered for waging endless wars of aggression throughout his tenure, at home and abroad – a war criminal remaining unaccountable for his high crimes, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, one of many examples mocking its legitimacy.
