Month: May 2012
Television
Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 8 – ‘Lady Lazarus’ Review and Synopsis
We join Pete on the Long Island Railroad along with Howard the insurance salesman who informs Pete that he is keeping an apartment in Manhattan and having an affair with a younger woman. Since we remember Pete’s issues with virility and dominance, it is not surprising that an older man is keeping a pride while […]
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Greek Rage at the Polls Results in Seats in the Parliament for Nationalist, Neo-Nazi Party the Golden Dawn
- May 6, 2012
- Antonis Samaras
- Athens
- Austerity
- business and finance
- coalition government
- Continental Politics
- Corruption
- cronyism
- Debt Crisis
- euro currency
- Euro-skepticism
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- eurozone
- global economic crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek elections
- Greek Parliamentary Elections
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- Monetary Union
- neo-Nazi
- New Democracy
- Nikolaos Michaloliakos
- Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- PASOK
The start of voting in an early general election in Greece has not gone well for proponents of the European idea: After two years of austerity and financial crisis, the Greek public is turning away from the traditional conservative New Democracy party and the socialist Pasok, the two poles of Greek political life for decades. […]
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Francois Hollande Elected President of France: Nicolas Sarkozy Concedes Defeat in Recent Presidential Contest
- May 6, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Angela Merkel
- Austerity
- Charles de Gaulle
- Continental Politics
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Franco-German Relations
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Front National
- Gaullism
- Germany
- Marine Le Pen
- Monetary Union
- National Front
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
The Fifth Republic has chosen its first socialist president since Francois Mitterand: Francois Hollande, an experienced political organizer that has, until now, never held high government office. Nicolas Sarkozy, pulling 48.1% of the vote, concedes victory to Francois Hollande of the Socialist Party of France at 51.9%. While described as reserved by some, this does […]
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Francois Hollande Set to Become France’s First Socialist President in Decades
- May 6, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Al Jazeera
- Angela Merkel
- Austerity
- Charles de Gaulle
- Continental Politics
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Franco-German Relations
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Front National
- Gaullism
- Germany
- Marine Le Pen
- Monetary Union
- National Front
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
- Video
France has long been associated with leftist politics, but with the potential of Francois Hollande, Socialist candidate for President of France, winning the election against Nicolas Sarkozy never before have the prospects of a French return to leftist policies held so much consequence for the rest of continent. Marxism and the French Left: Studies on […]
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The Return of Peronism in Argentina: Neo-Corporatism and Axel Kicillof
- May 5, 2012
- Argentina
- Axel Kicillof
- Carlos Menem
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Economics
- Ecopetrol
- ENAP
- Eskenazi Family
- European Commission
- Jose Manuel Barroso
- Julio de Vido
- La Campora
- Leftist
- Nationalization
- Natural Resources
- Oil
- PDVSA
- Pemex
- Petrobras
- Privatization
- Repsol
- Socialism
- South America
- Sovereign Debt
- State Owned Enterprises
- The Peterson Group
- Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
- YPF
Limits on foreign currency exchange have led to the development of an underground market for dollars – such is the economic climate in Argentina today. Six months after tightening currency controls, it is not uncommon to find such ‘cash vendors’ in metropolitan areas like Buenos Aires, the capital, and, though illegal, it often is an […]
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The Rise of South Korea: How Economic Success is Transforming the Republic of Korea into Asia’s Newest Power Broker
- May 5, 2012
- 4 Asian Tigers
- business and finance
- chaebol
- conglomerates
- East Asia
- economic growth
- economic output
- Economy
- export-led growth
- Han River
- Hyundai
- industrialization
- innovation
- innovation gap
- Korea
- Korean War
- Lee Myung-bak
- Miracle on the Han
- North Korea
- Park Chung-hee
- Republic of Korea
- rising power
- Samsung
- South Korea
- World War II
The Economy of South Korea: How the “Miracle on the Han” Transformed the Republic of Korea into an Economic Superpower South Korea’s chaebol: Economy at a crossroads – Counting the Cost from Al Jazeera English The rise of the Republic of Korea’s economy has placed South Korea on the world map as a leader in […]
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Struggle for Control of Mali
- May 2, 2012
- Africa
- Al-Qaeda
- Amadou Sanogo
- Amadou Toumani Toure
- Azawad
- Bamako
- Cheick Modibo Diarra
- Col. Moussa Sinko Coulibaly
- Col. Yamoussa Camara
- Diouncounda Traore
- Economic Community of West African States
- ECOWAS
- Gen. Tiefing Konate
- junta
- Mali
- Mamadou Namory Traore
- Red Berets
- Sadio Lamine Sow
- Tiena Colibaly
- Toure
- Traore
- Tuareg
Since former-President of Mali Amadou Toumani Toure was ejected from power March 22 as the result of a military coup the country has fallen into chaos as various factions have struggled to fill the power gap. Toure has officially resigned and this begins the process of formaly forming an interim government. Per the stipulations of […]
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Kwan-li-so: North Korea’s Gulag
While the nation celebrated 100 years since the birth of Eternal President Kim Il-sung the 15th of April this year, the pomp and circumstance masked yet another tragedy within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea estimates that 23,000 North Koreans live in South Korea, including many former […]
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