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Wall Street Will Frustrate Trump’s Push to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’ Shale Bosses Predict

President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” call for a resurgence in United States oil production will be frustrated by the reluctance of Wall Street to approve another frenzy, according to shale bosses, reported the Financial Times. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes U.S. oil…

“Borderland | The Line Within: Exposing the Human Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Inspiring Resistance”

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accelerates its efforts to deport Latino immigrants, Pressenza, in collaboration with Tsuru for Solidarity, is sponsoring a screening of the documentary Borderland | The Line Within, hosted by Rosa Luxemburg in New York…

Courage to Responsibility: War Conformity Threatening Democracy

The militarization of international politics leads to hostility instead of more peace between societies. By Michael Müller, Peter Brandt, Reiner Braun as a guest article for the Berliner Zeitung “All the mischief that happens is not only the fault of…

The Real Possibility of Peace on Earth in the 21st Century (Part 2): The Pill that the West Must Now Swallow

Introduction Massive global changes are taking place, now, as you read these words. These changes, which are not being properly reported on in the Western press, are going to have a major impact on most aspects of the lives of…

Looking Ahead to the Arctic Century: Greenland as Kingmaker

Let us be clear: we are soon entering the Arctic Century, and its most defining feature will be Greenland’s meteoric rise, sustained prominence and ubiquitous influence. Over the coming decades, developments in Greenland and the wider Arctic will impact every…

US Media Promotes Military Intervention in Venezuela

The New York Times, the so-called US “newspaper of record,” carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting “military intervention” to promote “democracy” by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris…

United States: The New Kodak?

Kodak, founded in 1888 by George Eastman, became synonymous with photography for over a century. Eastman revolutionized the industry with a portable Kodak camera and the slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest.” This invention democratized photography for…

What Impact Might The US’ Latest Energy Sanctions Have On Russo-Indo Relations?

Trump’s preference for sanctions and his latest threat to double down on secondary ones could derail India’s careful multi-alignment between the US and Russia by forcing it to choose between them. The media has been awash with reports speculating that Russo-Indo relations…

Venezuelan President Maduro Assumes a Third Term – Prospects and Problematics

The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the…

World Leaders Remain Committed to Paris Climate Agreement Despite Trump’s Withdrawal

On the second day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, European leaders spoke out against President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement, saying they would remain firmly committed to the…

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