Geopolitics – Jan 17

Klare: Emerging energo-fascism (part 2)
Rep Ron Paul: escalation in the Middle East
Iraq cultivating ties with Iran
Oil’s vital new power

Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund
Iraq’s billions & the White House connection

Oil, the elites, and the commons
USA lends oil-helping hand to former Soviet republics

Is energo-fascism in your future?

Energo-fascism will, in time, affect nearly every person on the planet. Either we will be compelled to participate in or finance foreign wars to secure vital supplies of energy…; or we will be at the mercy of those who control the energy spigot… ; or sooner or later we may find ourselves under constant state surveillance, lest we consume more than our allotted share of fuel or engage in illicit energy transactions. [excerpts]

Alternative finances

Now is the time to rediscover John Maynard Keynes’s revolutionary ideas for an international trade organisation and adapt them to rebalance the world’s economies in the 21st century.