BOOKS: Globalization of War. America’s 'Long War' against Humanity | Michel Chossudovsky

New book by Michel Chossudovsky from Global Research Publishers Jan. 21, 2015 (GlobalResearch.ca) -- America’s hegemonic project in the post 9/11 era is the “Globalization of War” whereby the U.S.-NA ...

IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast by Most in Three Years | Andrew Mayeda

Jan. 20, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The IMF made the steepest cut to its global-growth outlook in three years, with diminished expectations almost everywhere except the U.S. more than offsetting the boost t ...

Trade Secrets | George Monbiot

George MonbiotWhy will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP? Jan. 13, 2015 (Monbiot.com) -- When a government proposes to abandon one of the fundamental principles of justice, there ...

By Any Other Name… Terrorism Sucks!! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 18, 2015 Terrorize: To fill with terror… to coerce by intimidation When a suicide bomber blows away the lives of students and other civ ...

War Begets War: It’s Not about Islam; It Never Was | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 13, 2015 It is still not about Islam, even if the media and militants attacking western targets say so. Actually, it never was. But it was important ...

Oil Collapse of 1986 Shows Rebound Could Be Years Away | Mark Shenk

Credit: BloombergJan. 13, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The last time excess supply caused a plunge in oil, it took almost five years for prices to recover. The CHART OF THE DAY shows how West Texas Intermedia ...

$14 Million An Hour: War Costs Top $1.6 Trillion Since 9/11, Say Congressional Researchers | David Sirota

U.S. military headquarters, the Pentagon, aerial view Sept. 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed Dec. 22, 2014 (IBT) -- American taxpayers have shelled out roughly $1.6 trillion on war spending since 9/11, a ...

The Empire is Crumbling, That is Why it Needs War | Andre Vltchek

www.babble.com/home/10classictoys2015 Will See Decisive Battles (Article excerpt) Dec. 26, 2014 (CounterPunch.org) -- The world is in turmoil. Like in the early 1940’s, something tremendous is gainin ...

Whitewashing CIA Torture | Ramzy Baroud

“We are (not so) awesome” after all Ramzy Baroud Dec. 17, 2014 The logic that torture is a “stain” on U.S. history is the heart of the problem, since it blocks an honest reading of whatever “values” ...

A Pink Slip for the Progress Fairy | John Michael Greer

Oct. 22, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- If you’ve ever wondered just how powerfully collective thinking grips most members of our species -- including, by and large, those who most forcefully insist on t ...

Ebola still rampant in three African countries, death toll near 4,000 - WHO | Tom Miles

GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no evidence that the epidemic was being brought under control in Wes ...