Global Militarism in now Capitalism's greatest economic engine

Global Military Spending Is Now an Integral Part of Capitalism by Richard Seymour – 7 March, 1014 – common dreans China has embarked on a sequence of double-digit increases in defence spending. (Photograph: Chinafotopress/Getty Images)China’s surge in military spending gains headlines, partly because of the ominous implications regarding its regional contest with Japan, but it’s more »

Obama Comes Out Against Self-Determination

Obama Comes Out Against Self-Determination by Paul Craig Roberts – Voltaire Network – 8 March 2014 The White House Fool has repeatedly declared erroneously and foolishly that it is “against international law” for Crimea to exercise self-determination. [1] Self-determination, as used by Washington, is a propaganda term that serves Washington’s empire but is not permissible more »

Nuclear terrorism Cold War projections and the fascist future of Ukraine

“…if in Washington people throwing Molotov cocktails are marching on Congress—and these people are headed for the Ukrainian Congress—if these people have barricaded the entrance to the White House and are throwing rocks at the White House security guard, would President Obama withdraw his security forces?” — New York University Professor Emeritus Stephen Cohen US, more »