World Prepares to Dump the Dollar

What do China, India, Brazil, Russia, France and Germany have in common? These countries most often can’t agree on anything. But they are united in one strange—and ominous—way. They blame the United States for wrecking the global economy. And they think the dollar is the wrecking ball.

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Michael Hudson’s ‘Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire’

Early in the war, US officials and economists knew America would prevail and emerge as the world’s dominant power. However, transitioning from war to peace needed large export volumes to stimulate economic growth and full employment. “This in turn required that foreign countries be able to earn or borrow dollars to pay” for what they got. So America supplied them through government loans and private investment.

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American soldier: “I killed innocent people”

This American soldier is speaking out against the brutality and horror of the occupation of Iraq. But we know that the war-crimes being committed daily by USUK forces in Afghanistan are of a similar nature. We need more of these courageous individuals to speak out against the atrocities being committed under the guise of a phoney War on Terror. A war, actually, of terror being committed by the USUK.