The political upset this week does not come from France, where Marine Le Pen came out stronger in local elections, but from the Netherlands. The largest party, the liberal VVD has announced that it wants to abolish asylum completely for non-Europeans, meaning black Africans. The VVD wants to convince other European parties in Europe to
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Representatives of about a dozen “far-right” groups from across Europe gathered in Russia Sunday for a pro-Kremlin conference as concern grows over Moscow’s alleged attempts to court “extremists” on the continent. About 150 members of Russian nationalist and right-wing European parties — including Greece’s Golden Dawn and Germany’s National Democratic Party — met in Russia’s
The water got too hot for Starbucks’ ill-defined race crusade. The java giant is pulling the plug on its controversial “Race Together” campaign, according to a company memo from CEO Howard Schultz. Baristas were no longer to write “Race Together” on customers’ cups starting Sunday, concluding the most visible part of the company’s diversity and
US spies operate in Switzerland without much fear of being unmasked, because Swiss intelligence, though knowledgeable and very professional, poses no threat to them, former NSA contributor Edward Snowden told Swiss TV. “The reason that made Switzerland so interesting as the capital of espionage – particularly Geneva – has not changed,” Snowden said in an
Manuel Valls, the French prime minister, reminded his bedraggled Socialist Party in September last year of the obvious: “The Front National is at the gates of power” as the Left tries to avert the electoral catastrophe with the usual mantras: “racism, antisemitism and homophobia“. But the public is no longer impressed and could not care
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is not the man to quote in support of the market economy. He was, after all, the president who gave America the assault on free-market capitalism known as the New Deal. He also capitulated to communism at Yalta, 70 years ago. There, in February of 1945, he and Winston Churchill met with
In the world of economics, one policymaker towers above all others. The head of America’s central bank, Janet Yellen, presides over a $17 trillion economy. The empire of her nearest competitor, Mario Draghi, amounts to a relatively puny $10 trillion. On top of this, the dollar’s global role means Ms Yellen has a huge impact
American economic prosperity is inextricably linked to its history of slavery and racial oppression, and fears that black people will take revenge are ‘deeply rooted in American culture,’ says academic, author, and dissident Noam Chomsky in a recent interview with the New York Times. Chomsky talked to George Yancy, as part of a series of
Read more: Chomsky: American prosperity linked to slavery, racial oppression
At least 142 people were killed when four suicide bombers blew themselves up in two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during Friday prayers, AFP reported. Both mosques are known to be used mainly by supporters of the Shiite Muslim Houthi group which has seized control of the government. The Islamic State group, an al
Patrick J. Buchanan says the US is headed for a collision with Israel as serious as Suez ’56, and they are about to see what Barack Obama is made of. In November 1956, President Eisenhower, enraged he had not been forewarned of their invasion of Egypt, ordered the British, French and Israelis to get out
New law that would allow Beijing to filter out foreign funding of groups, seen as a matter of national security
New law that would allow Beijing to filter out foreign funding of groups, seen as a matter of national security
Employees at several Austin businesses have found stickers saying “exclusively for white people” placed on their windows, sparking an investigation into their origin and condemnation from the mayor. Mayor Steve Adler said the stickers discovered Wednesday morning were “an appalling and offensive display of ignorance in our city.” The stickers also say “Maximum of 5
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During a time when the gaze of the world’s technology lovers is firmly on technologically developed areas such as North America, East Asia and Europe, the notion that one of the least developed areas on the planet, Africa, could soon be producing some of the hottest upcoming technology and gadgets is a rather strange thought.
Read more: Upcoming African technology takes tech world by storm
Discontent in France has translated into a drift of power towards the far right in the form of Front National. It no longer requires a very vivid imagination to envision Ms. Le Pen achieving an electoral victory in 2017. Despite her party’s controversial past it has become much more socially acceptable to support the FN,
