Month: July 2022

The farmer demonstrations in the Netherlands have now expanded to other productive layers of society and turned into a general protest against the government. On July 4, fishermen joined in, blocking several ports (excluding Rotterdam), while farmers blocked distribution centers of major retail markets. As one of the leaders of the movement, Sieta van Keimpema, explained in a video message […]

After the increase in energy costs, Italian agriculture has been hit by another scourge, a severe drought that has already jeopardized 30% of total output. Although such extreme weather had been forecast, the central and local administrations have done nothing to prepare for it, so that water reserves are near depletion. In addition to farming, domestic consumption and even hydroelectricity […]

More than half of the 43 million households in Germany heat with natural gas. If the gas flows stop, that means unbearable cold for nearly 22 million of them next winter. But the others will also be affected, as soaring gas prices on the free market impact the price of electricity — which has increased by 320% in the past […]

Following the June 23 decision of the European Council to grant candidate status to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Kiev on July 1 to dictate to the Ukrainians the “reforms” they must now carry out to qualify for membership. In her speech to the Parliament in Kiev, she welcomed them into a “democratic Europe” “You […]

In an explosive interview on June 30, which received surprisingly little coverage in the mainstream media, Ukraine’s provocative ambassador to Germany, Andrej Melnyk, was asked by journalist Tilo Jung to clarify his position on Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader Stepan Bandera. It is widely acknowledged internationally that Bandera was a fascist who collaborated with the Nazis in World War II and participated […]

Russian economist Sergey Glazyev has been familiar with the economic work of Lyndon LaRouche for decades now, and shares his view of the need to develop the real economy and social wealth, as opposed to financial speculation and unbridled deregulation. After serving as an advisor to President Putin on regional economic integration from 2012 to 2019, Glazyev is now Minister […]

Western sanctions have prompted Russia to give top priority to key transportation infrastructure projects that it has in the past postponed. In May, President Putin gave the directive that Russian transportation should be reorientated away from Europe and to the East and South. A crucial component of this is the completion of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) going from […]

The following appeal was issued by the international Schiller Institute on June 24, 2022. It can be signed at https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/call_for_an_ad-hoc_committee_for_a_new_bretton_woods_system. A preliminary list of signers is available at the same address. The neoliberal system is hopelessly bankrupt. But Western governments, rather than drawing the consequences of this fact, and fundamentally reorganizing the system, have escalated the confrontation with their alleged […]