Battle to ban Roundup: Government rows back on banning chemical used in growing food crops

The Department of Agriculture had decided to halt use of glyphosate on food crops pending review, in line with Brussels. Why the change of heart, asks Caroline O’Doherty. THE local authority official from Ballaghaderreen wrote to the Department of Agriculture to advise that regional councilors had voted to call for a ban on the use of …[continue reading]

A THINKING PERSON’S GUIDE RESISTING ILLEGITIMATE AUTHORITY

The capacity to comply with abusive authority is humanity’s fatal flaw. Fortunately, within the human family there are anti-authoritarians—people comfortable questioning the legitimacy of authority and challenging and resisting its illegitimate forms. However, as Resisting Illegitimate Authority reveals, authoritarians attempt to marginalize anti-authoritarians, who are scorned, shunned, financially punished, psychopathologized, criminalized, and even assassinated. EMBED …[continue reading]

How the rich get richer – money in the world economy | DW Documentary

Exploding real estate prices, zero interest rate and a rising stock market – the rich are getting richer. What danger lies in wait for average citizens? For years, the world’s central banks have been pursuing a policy of cheap money. The first and foremost is the ECB (European Central Bank), which buys bad stocks and …[continue reading]

US refrains from calling China a currency manipulator but puts 9 nations on watch list

KEY POINTS The Trump administration has again decided not to label China or any other country as a currency manipulator. It said that no country meets the criteria to be labeled as one seeking to gain unfair trade advantages over the United States by manipulating its currency. But the report said that nine nations — …[continue reading]