On Capitol Hill on the 13th of June 2017, the Senate has voted 53 to 47 to approve the sale of $500 million in precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. A surprising number of senators voted against the deal, amid increasing concerns about the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has killed more than 10,000 people and included devastating attacks on civilians that human rights groups say may constitute war crimes.
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In this video produced by The Real News Network , senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and is the former Director of the Afghanistan Study Group, Matthew Hoh, talks about Afghanistan – the longest war in U.S. history.
In this educational video Swiss historian, author and founder and Director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research, Dr. Daniele Ganser talks about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in historical context and what peace movements should know about its role on the international stage.
In this video founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, author & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, explains Germany’s role in the European Union and what we should take into account when we hear the term “multi-speed” Europe.
In this interview we talk to Edward Snowden about the history of the surveillance state and a number of cover operations that it conducted in the past. In addition we surface the work of a number of whistleblowers that did not receive notable media attention despite the significance of their work on our society.
Due to limited financial & technical resources as a non-profit and volunteer-based organization, we were unable to translate this article into English.
Due to limited financial & technical resources as a non-profit and volunteer-based organization, we were unable to translate this article into English.
In this video professor of economics and law, former financial regulator and author of the book, The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One, William Black, explains how financial trading functions at financial centres such as New York, London, Frankfurt, etc. He also talks about the policies of the Trump administration and whether they are going to exacerbate or resolve the systemic threat posed by the financial industry.