By Joe Montero
Europe’s slide into political instability continues and at this point it is Germany, France and the United Kingdom that are leading the way. Continue reading Europe and rising political instability
Category Archives: International
The truth behind the Bolsonaro election win in Brazil
By Joe Montero
The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil has been greeted by much of the world’s media as a defeat of the Workers Party, and expression of democracy and therefore the will of the people. Is this an accurate description. Well – not really. Continue reading The truth behind the Bolsonaro election win in Brazil
Video: Thousands of civilians killed in Yemen
Saudi Arabia, is being backed by the United States and the other of the feudal kingdom’s supporters, including Australia, in the carrying out of a genocidal war that is targeting civilians. Following is a graphic illustration of the impact of a recent air strike.
Video from the Stop The War Alliance
Calls to dump the American dollar are getting stronger
By Joe Montero
One of the consequences of the current global political and economic climate, is that the position of international trade by the American dollar as the international medium of exchange and payments is under threat. Continue reading Calls to dump the American dollar are getting stronger
Video: Israeli airstrikes have been targeting civilian neighbourhoods in Gaza
Israel is continuing its war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. A block of flats is repeatedly targeted by missiles (see bottom video clip). The victims are not combatants. In this case one man died and a woman lost her unborn child and toddler son. This raid carried out last week is only one instance of the continuing bombardment that is going on. There was conflict with Hamas and some missiles were fired into Israel. But it should be noted that was is a response to military action against civilians that has been continuous for some time. Continue reading Video: Israeli airstrikes have been targeting civilian neighbourhoods in Gaza
Corporations invested their Trump tax cuts into failing stock buybacks
This article by Eric Levitz (New York Magazine 9 July 2018), is about the real effect of the Trump cut to company tax, just 6 months after it was put into effect. It has not led to a revival in positive investment. On the contrary. Bad investment has been the result and of squandering money that could have been alternately put, to better use making lives better for Americans, concludes the writer.
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Murdoch journalists linked to unlawful news-gathering in the United Kingdom
The following published by Byline Investigations on 7 July 2018, outs senior figured in Murdoch’s media empire in the U.K., who have been named as being involved in unlawful news gathering activities. Evidence provided in the High Court in London is the source of the information. This exposure is important, because it provides a window into the modus operandi of the media giant, which is not confined to only one country. There have been calls for an investigation into whether similar methods have been used in Australia. Perhaps this will contribute to bringing more pressure for this to come about.
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Rupert furthers strategy to crash into social media
By Jim Hayes
Rupert Murdoch’s battle with giants like Facebook amazon and google and Netflix, over ultimate control over social media seems to be a bigger bite that might have first seemed to the 87-year old. Continue reading Rupert furthers strategy to crash into social media
Drift towards trade war is the result of economic and political crisis
By Joe Montero
As the world moves towards trade war, International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials are ringing that warning bell. Continue reading Drift towards trade war is the result of economic and political crisis
Trump scuttles G7 agreement on global warming and trade
By Jim Hayes
In Australia, the final communique from the G7 meeting in Canada went almost unnoticed. The reason is that the Turnbull government decided to ignore it, because it is thoroughly secured to the coattails of the United States, which did not support the agreement.
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