Selected Articles: Alternatives to ‘Illegal Slaughter’ and Financial Corruption?
Illegal Slaughter: Cameron’s Bombings of Syria, Equals Blair’s Iraq War Crimes
By Felicity Arbuthnot, December 12 2015
How desperately Prime Minister Cameron has been yearning to bomb the Syrian Arab Republic.
US “Unofficially” Waging War on Russia Without a Formal “Declaration of War”
By Stephen Lendman, December 12 2015
Washington’s undeclared war on Russia (and China) is the greatest threat to world peace, risking the unthinkable – possible nuclear war.
Venezuelan Election Results: The Electoral System and Democracy
By Arnold August, December 12 2015
Can the Bolivarian Revolution successfully face up to these momentous domestic and international challenges? In the long run, yes.
Reinventing Banking: From Russia to Iceland to Ecuador
By Ellen Brown, December 12 2015
Global developments in finance and geopolitics are prompting a rethinking of the structure of banking and of the nature of money itself.
Interest Free Banking: Russia Debates Unorthodox Orthodox Financial Alternative
By F. William Engdahl, December 12 2015
A significant debate is underway in Russia since imposition of western financial sanctions on Russian banks and corporations in 2014. It’s about a proposal presented by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church. The proposal, which resembles Islamic interest-free banking models in many respects, was first unveiled in December 2014 at the depth of the Ruble crisis and oil price free-fall.