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Spanish Police Crack Down on Protesters Surrounding the Parliament

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September 26, 2012

Anti-austerity rage intensified in Madrid, as protesters surrounded the parliament Tuesday night in a sign of mounting frustration towards the right-wing government.

QE3 Another Fed Give Away to the Banks

Published on Sep 23, 2012 by TheRealNews

Michael Hudson: Shoveling money to the banks not meant to create jobs, it’s a way to give banks even more speculative capital and prepare them for another meltdown

The Black Financial and Fraud Report

Published on Sep 21, 2012 by TheRealNews

Bill Black: Top Justice official tells Wall St. how to avoid prosecution

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The Brasilia Consensus, a Model for Latin America

Global Analyst Online / IPS Estrella Gutiérrez CARACAS, Oct 07 (IPS) – Following the extreme neoliberalism of the Washington Consensus, which gave rise to a lost decade in social terms, Latin America is experimenting more successfully with a home-grown formula: the Brasilia Consensus, which combines the market economy and social inclusion.Michael Shifter, president of the [...]

Co-ops Offer Ray of Hope for Youth Facing Bleak Job Market

Global Analyst Online / IPS Beatrice Paez TORONTO, Canada, Oct 08 (IPS) – Youth worldwide are facing limited job prospects in the traditional channels of employment, and in the midst of the job crunch, cooperatives are seeking ways to connect with this untapped pool of talent.It begins with reserving a seat for young, future cooperative [...]

As Conflict Spreads, Syrian Opposition Preps for the Future

Global Analyst Online / IPS Samer Araabi WASHINGTON, Oct 05 (IPS) – As the uprising in Syria becomes violently entangled with its neighbours, the expatriate opposition leadership is already formulating plans for a political transition following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.On Thursday, the United States Institute of Peace hosted an event entitled "Syria [...]

To Press for Peace in Kivus, Donors Should Hold Aid, Report Says

Global Analyst Online / IPS Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Oct 05 (IPS) – Major donors to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should withhold aid to both governments until they comply with prior agreements to pacify the DRC’s mineral-rich Kivu provinces, states a new report released Thursday by the International Crisis Group.The report, [...]

Cooperatives Champion Balance Between People and Profit

Global Analyst Online / IPS Kitty Stapp TORONTO, Canada, Oct 05 (IPS) – The banner year for the global cooperative movement is winding down into its last months, but its leaders have echoed a resounding message: cooperatives, a values-based business model, can usher a transition to a more socially responsible economy.This message will be at [...]

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World Forgetting Palestinian Rights

Global Analyst Online / IPS Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Oct 07 (IPS) – The annual debate has just wrapped up and, already, the certainty is that if last year Palestinian statehood auspiciously dominated the international agenda, this time, the issue vanished from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and will vanish even further from world affairs.When [...]

India-Sri Lanka Ties Hostage to Tamil parties

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Shastri Ramachandaran* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis http://www.indepthnews.net/ NEW DELHI (IDN) – India’s neighbours are not necessarily its friends. They can hardly be called India’s allies. In regional and international forums, more often than not, they are ranged against one another. History, geography, religion, geopolitics, uneven development, competing ambitions and [...]

EU Cap ‘Only Boosts Biofuels’

Global Analyst Online / IPS Daan Bauwens BRUSSELS, Sep 19 (IPS) – The European Commission has announced it will limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport, but its newly proposed measures are not nearly enough to curb the disastrous impact of the EU’s biofuel policy around the world. Its effects will only worsen, [...]

Middle East Offers New Opportunities for Russia

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eric Walberg* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint TORONTO (IDN) – The world is living through a veritable slow-motion earthquake. If things go according to plan, the US obsession with Afghanistan and Iraq will soon be one of those ugly historical disfigurements that — at least for most Americans — will [...]

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Besieged Homs Areas Endure Heavy Bombardment

Global Analyst Online / IPS AJ Correspondents DOHA, Qatar, Oct 08 (IPS) – Syria’s military has intensified its shelling of rebel-held areas of the city Homs, activists say, amid reports of aerial and ground bombardment elsewhere in the country.Heavy clashes were reported between government forces and opposition fighters in Homs’ al-Khalidiyeh neighbourhood, as videos posted [...]

A Migration Story Comes Full Circle

Global Analyst Online / IPS K. S. Harikrishnan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Oct 08 (IPS) – For the first time in over four decades, the number of people migrating out of the southern Indian state of Kerala, home to 33.3 million people, is on the decline.A comprehensive study conducted by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in [...]

Shadow Fighting Erupts over Gaddafi

Global Analyst Online / IPS Mel Frykberg CAIRO, Oct 06 (IPS) – Civilians in the town of Bani Walid, 170 km south-east of Tripoli, are facing a humanitarian crisis as Libyan security forces lay siege to the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi supporters, cutting off water, food and medical supplies.Local doctors told Amnesty International that on [...]

Helsinki Boycotts Tax Havens

Global Analyst Online / IPS Linus Atarah HELSINKI, Oct 06 (IPS) – The City of Helsinki added its voice to a growing global call against corporate tax evasion with the passage of a new responsibility strategy that leaves no room for unethical business practices.Last week, 85 city councillors from Finland’s capital voted to sever business [...]

Abused Children Face Long Wait for Justice

Global Analyst Online / IPS Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Oct 05 (IPS) – In 2011, 1,463 cases of sexual exploitation of children were reported to the Sri Lankan Police, who found every single complaint to be genuine and opened investigations.By the year’s end, not one case had proceeded to the High Courts, where, according to the [...]

Small Farmers in West Africa Need Support – Despite Good Rains

Global Analyst Online / IPS Brahima Ouedraogo OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 05 (IPS) – Despite an abundance of rain, promising good harvests for the current growing season, small-scale farmers and non-governmental organisations are calling for support to smallholders to be maintained with a view to eradicating food insecurity in Africa’s Sahel region.The Permanent Interstate Committee for drought [...]

"How Much to Lift the Sanctions?" Iranians React to MEK De-Listing

Global Analyst Online / IPS Yasaman Baji TEHRAN, Oct 04 (IPS) – Last week’s decision by the U.S. State Department to remove the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from its terrorism list has, as anticipated, led to charges by the Iranian government that the administration of President Barack Obama is hypocritical and using double standards.While the U.S. [...]

Hour Grows Late to Act on Climate Change, Caribbean Warns

Global Analyst Online / IPS Peter Richards UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) – Their speeches did not grab international headlines like that delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama, nor did other delegates walk out as they spoke, as was the case for Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.But Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are nonetheless hoping that their united [...]

Media Pluralism at Risk of Extinction in Chile

Global Analyst Online / IPS Marianela Jarroud SANTIAGO, Oct 04 (IPS) – The announcement that the La Nación newspaper of Chile is closing down has drawn the attention of journalists, analysts and opposition lawmakers to the heavy concentration of press ownership, now in the hands of only two business groups, and to the lack of [...]

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