South Africans decisively elected the African National Congress to power in five elections since 1994 – only to be fleeced in return. For more than a generation the government in Westminster – irrespective of configuration – has shamefully serviced an elite bent on looting the nation. It’s been a good time for One Percent and Co but the winds of change are blowing, home and away. Continue reading
Ellen Brown
Breaking the silence
The election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition Labour Party in Britain will frustrate warmongers on both sides of the Atlantic. Just hours after he stormed to victory yesterday, Mr Corbyn – a socialist and chair of Stop the War Coalition – addressed crowds at the ‘Solidarity with Refugees’ rally in London. He said war was not the answer to the ‘refugee crisis’ now enveloping Europe. Continue reading
The state we’re in
Returned Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to make Britain “greater still”. He plans to do that by managing the economy like his household. The country will henceforth commit to a strict and shrinking budget dictated by zero hour and minimum wage contracts. Continue reading