Millions Around the World Fleeing from Neoliberal Policy

Economist Michael Hudson says neoliberal policy will pressure U.S. citizens to emigrate, just as it caused millions to leave Russia, the Baltic States, and now Greece in search of a better life. http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=16438

The Job-Killing Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of: The China Bilateral Investment Treaty

The American Prospect March 18, 2016 In behind-the-scenes negotiations with China, the Obama administration is pushing a trade compact that could export jobs overseas and erode worker protections. Why?   AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting held on the sidelines of the COP21, United…

Neoliberalism: The Ideology at the Root of All Our Problems

Imagine if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism. The ideology that dominates our lives has, for most of us, no name. Mention it in conversation and you’ll be rewarded with a shrug. Even if your listeners have heard the term before, they will struggle to define it.

The Plan Behind the TransPacific Partnership to Destroy National Sovereignty

The TransPacific Partnership is labelled as a “free trade” magic elixir that will cure all ills – Jobs! Prosperity! World Peace! – but in fact it’s a toxic brew that weakens the American body politic and the Constitution. And when you look at how it came about you see that those are design features, not…

The Intercept: Pro-TPP Op-Eds Remarkably Similar to Drafts By Foreign Government Lobbyists

Lee Fang Apr. 10 2016, 9:48 a.m. OPINION COLUMNS PUBLISHED in California newspapers over the last year in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership use language nearly identical to drafts written and distributed by public relations professionals who were retained by the Japanese government to build U.S. support for the controversial trade agreement. Take this column by former…