The euro zone financial crisis has seen its share of historical events but none more telling than the recent ascension of Mario Monti to the Italian Prime Minister’s chair. With the removal of Berlusconi and the rise of a government of technocrats determined to right Italy’s financial ship of state, yet another European nation’s leadership [...]
Archive | November 19th, 2011
Protests in Egypt Against Military Rule.
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Thousands upon thousands of protestors have amassed once again in Egypt’s famed Tahrir Square to protest the continued military rule of their country and to demand the process of transition to a civilian-led government. Called the “Friday of One Demand,” the protestors were called to action by a recent document released by the military discussing [...]
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Does Private Property Exist in Russia?
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Andrei Zaostrovtsev asks this very pointed question in his article for OpenDemocracy.net, “Privatisation, but No Private Property.” After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, many of the state-owned industries were reorganized and sold off to investors by the state, many of these investors becoming very rich off of their purchase of Soviet capital [...]
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Russian Warships Moved to Mediterranean to Deny Area to Foreign Intervention Against al-Assad Regime.
Posted on 19 November 2011.
Syria’s unrest continues and now Russia has involved itself in the preservation of the al-Assad regime by announcing it is moving warships into Syrian territorial waters to prevent any intervention in Syria’s domestic situation by foreign powers like NATO or Turkey. During the overthrow of Qaddafi, NATO warships and planes provided great assistance to the [...]
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