Introductory Note Excess deaths — why is this not discussed in mainstream media? Why is this not top agenda in the Congress or Parliament? The compilation of relevant Global Research articles focussing on several underlying causes of excess deaths was first published by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts.  Short Excerpts of these articles were …

‘A Policy Choice.’ “Increased homelessness is the tragic, yet predictable, consequence of underinvesting in the resources and protections that help people find and maintain safe, affordable housing,” said one advocate. The controversial federal system for tracking homelessness in the United States recorded an 18% increase from 2023, breaking the record …

On September 13, the Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) announced that the infamous Victoria Nuland is joining their Board of Directors, “effective immediately”. She had already been on the board in the 2018–2021 timeframe, but as her State Department career came first, it seems she wasn’t as active as is usually …

The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power replacing failed neoliberal policies. …

On the pretext of the arrival of Christmas and its coincidence with the war in Ukraine and bloodshed and carnage in the Middle East. The way forward is to look back, to read and study the prescient wisdom of visionary leaders whose own brilliance blinds us to observations made during …

It is one of the great ironies of history that at the very moment the United States plunges deeper and deeper into war hysteria, that our politicians and government officials are possessed by the demons of complete annihilation and endless expansion, that falsehood and hypocrisy wrap their tentacles around the …

First Mexico, then Canada. It really looks like Trump is quite seriously bent on increasing tensions with neighbors – just consider this: amid a tariff dispute, US president-elect Donald Trump has been insistently pushing the point that Canada could, or even should, become America’s “51st state.” More recently, Donald Trump posted in X (formerly …

here are nearly 14 million children in the USA who suffer from food insecurity and hunger, or about one in five. During the peak of the COVID crisis this had come close to about 18 million (see The Conversation discussion by four experts titled ‘18 million US children are at …

“We do not need to spend almost a trillion dollars on the military, while half a million Americans are homeless and children go hungry,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. The United States Senate overwhelmingly passed an $895 billion military funding bill on Wednesday as critics blasted what many called misplaced spending …

Given the current level of distrust, no agreement with Russia, regardless of the details, will secure Europe if its post-war deterrence is not credible. Over a month has passed since Donald Trump’s election, and the war in Ukraine is escalating instead of ending. Various unverified proposals for negotiations have been floated to …