Three years after the referendum, and hovering on the brink of a no-deal Brexit, international journalists share their thoughts
'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading' Observer Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations. His regime is autocratic and corrupt. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with. Philip Short's magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of Russia's leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia. To explain is not to justify. Putin's regime is dark. But on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths. This book is as close as we will come to understanding Russia's ruler. 'Short's pushback against lazy, convenient myth-making is refreshing' The Times 'Elegantly written and pacy' Financial Times 'Extensively covers the dark moments of Putin's career.... The Putin of Short's book is not someone you would invite to dinner' New York Times
Hillary Clinton may have escaped an FBI indictment, but cartoonists won't let the presumptive Democratic nominee off so easy
A fatal financial contradiction lies at the heart of the Scottish National Party’s plan for independence
Himi on Chani Nicholas, who has turned astrology into a thriving business
What started out as a diplomatic snub has quickly turned into that most Middle Eastern scenario – a chaotic black hole sucking in the rest of the world.
This is what the rest of the world thinks about the Donald Trump phenomenon.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has finally put to rest speculations and rumours regarding his age. He said that he was born on March 29, 1952, which means he is 70 years old. He also addressed the alleged falsification of school documents and controversy surrounding his work history. Tinubu revealed
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While women’s suffrage is constitutionally protected, no where does the Constitution prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. The U.S. is a global outlier when it comes to guaranteeing constitutional
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
Chinese in the state sector and beyond face stiffer overseas travel barriers as security agencies attempt to reduce corruption risks.
Sheryl Sandberg's new book, 'Lean In' got a lot of early press, some of which was directed at her. Sandberg's book is a how-to manual on navigating a culture that often is stacked against women from birth.
Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and militarist whose 1871 unification of Germany set Europe down the path of disaster to World War I. But as Volker Ullrich shows in this new edition of his accessible biography, the real Bismarck was far more complicated than the stereotype. A leading historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, Ullrich demonstrates that the "Founder of the Reich" was in fact an opponent of liberal German nationalism. After the wars of 1866 and 1870, Bismarck spent the rest of his career working to preserve peace in Europe and protect the empire he had created. Despite his reputation as an enemy of socialism, he introduced comprehensive health and unemployment insurance for German workers. Far from being a "man of iron and blood," Bismarck was in fact a complex statesman who was concerned with maintaining stability and harmony far beyond Germany's newly unified borders. Comprehensive and balanced, Bismarck shows us the post-reunification value of looking anew at this monumental figure's role in European history
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
BLT shared this wonderful remake of a famous scene (when the media reported prematurely and incorrectly that "Dewey Defeats Truman": It was inspired by
Después de la caida de la Unión Soviética, y tras poco más de dos décadas de imperio unipolar, dirigido por Estados Unidos, estamos asistiendo a la acentuación de un nuevo conflicto interimperialista que pugna por repartir las influencias y los recursos en el mundo entre los nuevos candidatos a polo hegemónico. Al fin y al cabo, los últimos conflictos, especialmente el de Ucrania, ha provocado que se haya hecho más evidentes que nunca en los últimos años el declive del imperialismo norteamericano y de sus aliados de la U.E. frente a los nuevos poderes crecientes, en especial Rusia y China. En el conflicto interimperialista se trata de hacerse con la mayor cuota de poder y con las mejores posiciones en la batalla por el reparto del capital y de los recursos económicos, y en esto Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea están perdiendo la partida ante la emergencia creciente de Rusia y China que, por otro lado, tienen intereses comunes pues se trata de derribar al principal oponente, el que hasta ahora ha dominado el mundo. En el siguiente artículo se explica como la moneda china está poniendo en peligro cada vez con más fuerza la hegemonia del dolar, y lo que eso significa en el contexto de este enfrentamiento interimperialista de imprevisibles consecuencias. En todo caso, y como ocurrió en el pasado, es en el marco de esta guerra entre imperialismos donde los comunistas tenemos que aprovechar las contradicciones y el aumento de la represión contra los trabajadores y los pueblos con el fin de amplificar las grietas que puedan hacer que se derrumben los grandes estados dominados por la dictadura del capital y, por supuesto, para reconstruir la organización imprescindible para dirigir la lucha y movilizar a la clase trabajadora. "Yuan chino será la moneda de reserva alternativa al dólar Aunque Estados Unidos y la UE siguen enfrascados en aplicar sanciones económicas contra Rusia, y realizar ejercicios militares en el mar negro y Rumania, en plena frontera con Ucrania, la batalla real de la economía se juega en otros frentes. La seguidilla de sanciones contra Rusia que aplican Europa y Estados Unidos, no ha impedido que 40 bancos centrales del mundo declaren al yuan chino como moneda de reserva y que otros bancos centrales manifiesten su intención de seguir la tendencia. "De acuerdo a lo que informa South China Morning Post, al menos 40 bancos centrales han invertido en el yuan chino, y esta cifra promete ir en aumento. Los bancos centrales están añadiendo el yuan a su cartera y esto está transformando silenciosamente a la moneda china en un activo de reserva. Esto hace que la brecha que separa al yuan de ser una moneda de reserva mundial cada día se acorta. Una de las razones que fortalece a la moneda china es la abundancia de lazos comerciales con Asia, Europa y América Latina. La semana pasada se abrió en Frankfurt la primera zona de comercio que transará libremente en euros y yuanes. Austria, Noruega, Francia y Lituania han declarado oficialmente que sus bancos centrales atesoran la moneda china. En Asia: Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japón, Corea del Sur, Macao, Malasia, Nepal, Pakistán, Singapur y Tailandia han confirmado al yuan como moneda de reserva, y por tanto atesorada por sus bancos centrales. Países de América del Sur como Chile, Bolivia y Venezuela, así como los africanos Kenia, Ghana, Sudáfrica, Nigeria y Tanzania han señalado también que caminan en esa dirección. Si bien el dólar sigue siendo la moneda de reserva más extendida del mundo, su tenencia ha ido decayendo en los últimos años y a 2013 representaba el 33 por ciento de las reservas de divisas mundiales, una proporción bastante menor si consideramos que el año 2000 el 60 por ciento de las reservas mundiales de divisas estaban denominadas en dólares estadounidenses. Aunque el FMI no da a conocer el porcentaje de las reservas mantenidas en yuanes por los países, la cuota de reservas en “otras monedas” ha aumentado un 400 por ciento en los últimos diez años. Esto indica que el número de bancos centrales en camino de agregar el yuan a sus carteras va en aumento. Todas éstas son malas noticias para el dólar y Estados Unidos. El billete verde cada día pierde más terreno y así como los países han disminuido fuertemente sus tenencias de dólares, así también comienza el desmoronamiento de los petrodólares y las transacciones de petróleo-por dólares. China y Rusia firmaron ayer un histórico acuerdo en el cual los suministros energéticos de Rusia a China serán cancelados en yuanes. Otra pérdida para el dólar que confirma lo que señalamos en marzo: La crisis de Ucrania está levantando un nuevo muro en Europa". Artículo de El Blog Salmón
The well known author wrote more than 400 clever and poignant cartoons during World War II.
The President is also reportedly obsessed with TV coverage and decorating
A rare look Geisel’s wartime propaganda illustrations, encouraging Americans to invest in war bonds and help defeat the Axis of Evil.
"Everybody believes they are the good guy."
