Month: June 2021

The two major points served up in the final communique of the G7 relate to economic/environmental policy and strategic issues: promotion of a “Clean Green Initiative” to counter China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI); and a strategic alliance to counter the “malign intent” of China and Russia, accused of using cyber-warfare and military threats, among other weapons, to disrupt the democracies. The […]

The House of Windsor Pushes Green Finance. The G7 summit in Cornwall, England, provided a useful venue for senior members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, to put in a highly mediatized appearance on June 11, and for Prince Charles to seek a private meeting with President Joe Biden, as well as to organize an event at his Eden […]

On June 11, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published data showing the highest inflation rate since 2008. The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 5% in May, up from 4.2% in April, reflecting a continuous rise of commodity and food prices driven by financial speculation. Global food prices rose for the 12th month in a row […]

In a referendum held on June 13, Swiss citizens voted down the country’s new climate law, the “CO2 Act” with a 51.5% majority. The law, by imposing higher taxes and fees on use of fossil fuels, would have caused a steep rise in the cost of living, which is already high in the country, as everyone would be affected by […]

An apparatus built up by the British and the Americans since the beginning of 2020 around the phony issue of Beijing’s alleged violations of the rights of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang has been pushing hard to get the Europeans to join their anti- China policy. These are the forces and organizations that are responsible for sabotaging the Comprehensive Agreement […]

Reddit is one of the world’s top internet sites, with 1.2 billion visits in April 2021, making it the eighth most-visited site in the United States, ahead of Twitter, Instagram, and eBay (not to mention the mainstream media) and the 18th most-visited in the world. So why as so little attention been paid to who runs this social news aggregator? […]

“For the Common Good of All, Not Rules Benefitting the Few!” is the banner under which the Schiller Institute will hold a two-day online conference on June 26–27, as part of a continuous process to build a strong anti-Malthusian alliance worldwide, incorporating a network of people who understand the profound importance of a Renaissance of Classical culture. We quote from […]

The upcoming G7 meeting and the Biden-Putin summit on June 16 in Geneva mark a phase in which the trans-Atlantic war party is considering making some concessions to avoid completely alienating the Western partners (as with Nord Stream 2) and thus maintain control over the situation. However, the strategic dynamic has not changed. Russian President Putin, for his part, told […]

Despite several contacts in the last weeks between top representatives of Presidents Biden and Putin, which were described as “business-like” and “cordial”, the White House has continued to adhere to a confrontational approach, even framing the June 16 summit as one in which the United States will be representing the “democracies”, standing up against an autocratic Russia. An op ed […]

After over one year of the economic havoc wreaked by the pandemic, the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum was record-breaking this year both in terms of the number of participants and of the total values of the economic deals signed. A leading topic of discussion in several of the many panels held from June 2 to 5 was the implicit […]