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The Center Can't Hold: Radical Left and Right Parties Pick Up Votes Across Europe

Nick Pearce, openDemocracy.net. May 15, 2012.

Center ground parties will repeatedly fail unless they can offer new solutions to the economic problems Europe faces.

5 Countries That Do It Better: How Sexual Prudery Makes America a Less Healthy and Happy Place

Alex Henderson, AlterNet. April 12, 2012.

Sexual attitudes in Europe are the stuff of the Christian Right's nightmares — yet many of those societies are better for having more open attitudes toward sexuality.

Signs of Change? How Americans Turned Disaster and Outrage Into Upheaval

Greg Guma, Maverick Media. January 25, 2012.

Who could ignore the signs of change last year as the Tea Party’s no-nothing rejectionism gave way to a global outcry against economic unfairness and corporate exploitation?

The Era of American Dominance is Coming to a Close

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com. November 13, 2011.

The “postwar world” brought into existence as a consequence of World War II is coming to an end. A major redistribution of global power is underway.

If We Don't Solve the Jobs Crisis We May End Up With Our Streets in Flames and Society Dysfunctional

Marshall Auerback, AlterNet. November 10, 2011.

Unless our policy makers can make job creation the top priority, the mass riots and burning streets of Europe may be coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

What We Can Learn from Germany: How Countries With Publicly Owned Banks Do Better Than America

Ellen Brown, TruthOut.org. October 18, 2011.

The public bank model remains a viable alternative to the private profiteering being protested on Wall Street today.

Fundamental Political and Economic Mistakes are Speeding Up America's Decline

Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch.com. September 25, 2011.

The new American century was swiftly throttled in three stages: 9/11 (blowback); invasion of Iraq (preemptive war); and 2008 Wall Street meltdown (casino capitalism).

Is Democracy as We Know It on Its Way Out?

Frank Viviano, New America Media. August 15, 2011.

A decade ago, only paranoid alarmists would have posed that question.

 Today, it may be an expression of cold, brutal realism. 



What Happens When the US, Europe and China Collide?

Mike Davis, TomDispatch.com. July 26, 2011.

The new recession that the Republicans are engineering will put into doubt all three pillars of McWorld: American consumption, European stability, and Chinese growth.

How America Is Like 18th Century Europe: Our Imperialistic Attitude Has Led to Endless Wars

William Astore, TomDispatch.com. May 12, 2011.

Our wars are eerily like those pursued by European monarchs: carried out by professional militaries and mercenaries for the purposes of protecting the interests of a ruling elite.

'Fracking' Comes to Europe, Sparking Rising Controversy

Ben Schiller, Yale Environment 360. March 10, 2011.

As concerns grow in the U.S. about fracking to extract natural gas from shale, companies have set their sights on Europe and its abundant reserves of this "unconventional" gas.

Living the Good Life in Europe: Ex-Pats Enjoy Better Health, Schools

Alex Henderson, AlterNet. March 1, 2011.

Universal health care, better public education systems, socially liberal attitudes, a frustration with American politics ... there are many reasons to live in Europe.

Scientists Find 'Drastic' Shifts in Atlantic Currents Are Affecting Weather

AFPJanuary 5, 2011.

A disruption or shifts in the oscillation is an explanation for moist or harsh winters in Europe, or severe summer droughts such as in Russia, in recent years.

Why Aren't US Students Rioting Over Crazy Tuition Hikes Like College Kids in Europe?

Simeon Talley, Campus Progress. January 3, 2011.

While London has been rocked by student protests over proposed tuition hikes, United States college campuses have been largely quiet. Why?

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Sought to Retaliate Against Europe over Refusing to Allow Monsanto GM Crops

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. December 28, 2010.

Then-U.S. ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France's decision to ban cultivation of GM corn produced by Monsanto and threatened recourse.

Why Europeans Think We're Insane

Democrats Ramshield, Daily Kos. December 1, 2010.

"It wasn't until I left America that I started to realize how badly the American plutocrat owned media lies to the American people through its disinformation campaign."

Why the Deficit Is Simply Not an Economic Problem Now, or in Future Decades

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 19, 2010.

The profound disconnect between what Americans expect to receive from the government in services, and what they expect to pay for it in taxes.

Why on Earth Would Americans Vote the Old Bush-Cheney Agenda Back into Power? Europeans Are Perplexed

Steven Hill, AlterNet. November 12, 2010.

Even conservatives in Europe are scratching their heads over their transatlantic allies who appear to hate the idea of cheaper, universal health care.

Slavoj Zizek: Why Far Right and Xenophobic Politicians Are on the Rise in Europe

Amy Goodman, Slavoj Zizek, Democracy Now!. October 27, 2010.

Zizek: I really am worried about how the far right is setting the general political agenda, even while being in the minority.

Islamaphobia Rapidly Spreads Through Europe

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. October 22, 2010.

The European extreme right is more turbocharged than ever, peddling Islamic hatred from France to Denmark, from Italy to Sweden.

Massive Strikes Against Spending Cuts Rock Europe

Nadia Prupis, TruthOut.org. September 30, 2010.

In total, 14 European countries have protests and strikes planned.

Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? Why You'd Probably Be Healthier and Wealthier in Germany

Thomas Geoghegan, In These Times. August 17, 2010.

How Europe makes people's everyday life much more pleasant to live in.

Proving That Tea Partiers' Anti-Tax Extremism Isn't Even Loved by All Conservatives

Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. June 17, 2010.

Taxing speculation could take us a long way toward reining in Wall Street.

What Can Europe's Answer to Wall Street Teach Us About American Capitalism?

Steven Hill, The Nation. May 27, 2010.

Sweden, Germany and other European countries are proof that you can have it all -- but only if you have the right institutions.

Are Goldman Sachs and the Megabanks Able to Wipe out an Entire Economy with a Keystroke?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 27, 2010.

How artificial intelligence and robotrading pose a growing threat to the global marketplace.

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