Fair Trade: The Facts

Inforgraph showing the benefits of Fair Trade and the leading consumers of Fair Trade products.

Is America Still Relevant in the Middle East?

Robert Fisk's article on the shrinking role of the Obama administration in the Middle East

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/who-cares-in-the-middle-east-what-obama-says-2290761.html

The Shifting Sands of American History




The Lincoln Memorial

 

What is History but an interpretation of facts for political aim? How can we trust a retrospective analysis of political figures when it's in certain people's interest to push their agenda through the prism of famous, or infamous, historical names and events. This article looks at the way American history is distorted and revised, viewed from one side or the other, how the narrative becomes an active playbook which informs modern policy. The American political obsession with legitimising itself by calling on examples from the past can and has meant that our views of their history are constantly being challenged, especially when viewed by the standards of today, rather than in historical context.

http://www.democracyjournal.org/20/making-history.php?page=1



European Union?

The lack of harmonisation with regards to Europe's collective policy on Libya is clear and prehaps evidence of a bigger problem; the failure to create a clear vision of the role of the European Union in the wider world.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/libyan_intervention_exposes_european_disunity_20110524/

The ICC and Validating War

The role of the ICC in providing justification for military intervention

http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-fake-icc-the-globalist-strategy-of-tension.html

Australia: Bracing For A Dip?



A Rio Tinto mine in Australia


In it's history, Australia has known nothing but growth, nothing but potential, but this can't continue forever, can it?

http://www.economist.com/node/18719530

Brazil: the Making of a Modern Giant



Cristo Redentor in Rio



A Short History of Modern Brazil



http://www.historytoday.com/gabriel-paquette/empire-exceptions-making-modern-brazil

Europe At a Crossroads

’Carte drôlatique d’Europe pour 1870'

"The severity of the current European crisis has its origins in the convergence of four centrifugal forces: the rise of xenophobia; the euro crisis; the foreign policy deficit and the lack of leadership"

The demise of Europe?

http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_five_reasons_why_europe_is_cracking