Western Europe

Refugee crisis in Mediterranean

A ship with 700 refugees on board capsized south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in Libyan waters on April…

April 27, 2015

The wall & counterrevolution

As part of their continuous attempt to denounce socialism, U.S. and German imperialism have been demonizing the wall that divided…

November 11, 2014

Workers in Europe reject austerity

The grumbling about austerity in Europe, ordained and enforced by Germany, grew louder this week at a meeting of Western…

October 25, 2014

NATO opens its curtain of war on two fronts

Sept. 4 — The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the 28 states of NATO opens today in…

September 4, 2014

Freedom fighters?

Beware the fickle nature of imperialist propaganda. The political line of the corporate media is apt to flip-flop. Consider the…

September 3, 2014

U.S., EU cover up Ukraine junta’s war crimes

The downing of a Ukrainian military airplane in the Lugansk People’s Republic sent shockwaves around the world June 14. The…

June 16, 2014

A new ‘Cold War’?

Behind the imperialist drive to the east The Soviet Union no longer exists. The Russian Federation is not a socialist…

April 28, 2014

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 22

Patriarchal heterosexual marriage under slavery & feudalism In her well-researched book, “Marriage, a History,” Stephanie Coontz suggests that one of…

November 3, 2013