The Cash Register Cult: A Modern Slavery Story
Cash register addicts feed their dependence by underpaying their employees. This can be as little as €4 an hour for 10-hour days and six-day weeks without a statutory break.
Mike
Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
NATO taking a knife to a Russian Gunfight ~ VIDEO
‘Such a test was conducted on October 21. A multi-hour nuclear-powered missile was flown, covering a distance of 14,000 km, and counting. The missile remained in the air for approximately 15 hours, and counting,’ Gerasimov said.
Catherine Connolly: Ireland’s Anti-Militarization President
During the campaign, she emphasized Irish neutrality and criticized the EU’s push to expand militarization at the expense of social welfare. While critical of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, she has argued that NATO ’warmongering’ played a role in the crisis.
Disaster for NATO as more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops are ensnared ~ VIDEO
REAL NEWS NO SPIN: President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the Russian Army’s advances during a visit to a command post. Around 10,000 Ukrainian troops have been encircled by Russian forces in the Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk areas, President Vladimir Putin was told on Sunday during a visit to […]
The Legacy of Consuelo Velázquez: ‘Bésame Mucho’ Unveiled
In 1940, at just 24 years old, she composed a bolero titled ‘Bésame mucho.’ She penned it after watching a passionate opera scene, even though, at the time, she had never kissed anyone in her life.
MASSIVE ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTEST IN LONDON ~ VIDEO
The London Metropolitan State Friendly Police had previously banned the party from holding a rally in the Tower Hamlets area, which has a large Muslim population, for fear of unrest. UKIP called the decision ‘another blow to democracy’ and said the rally would be held elsewhere.
THE DUMMIES BOOK OF NATO’S UKRAINIAN FIASCO ~ VIDEO
We need to see events in Ukraine, as well as the gas pipeline sabotage, in this context. The US saw it as vital to generate conflict between Western Europe and Russia to keep Europe out of the de-dollarized system being created by Russia and China. To present Europe’s potential saviours as its deadly enemies.
Breaking Home Ties: A Portrait of Parental Love
The scene depicts a father and son seated on a rustic truck running board, seemingly pausing just before the son departs for college.
Cultural Roots vs. Globalism: Putin’s Challenge
“Across the world, we see it now. The Global South turns to its own heritage. Even in the West, patriotic fragments (conservatism) of society search for their forgotten roots. When nations focus on their own growth, they find it easier to deal with others as equals.”
WILL TRUMP PULL THE TRIGGER TO WORLD WAR III? ~ VIDEO
Among the exports to Russia sanctioned by the EU in their latest 19th package of sanctions are toilet basins. President Putin states: They should keep them for themselves, suggesting they may need them soon.‘Russia’s response could be unprecedented, devastating, if not catastrophic,’ she wrote.
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