Tag: Corruption

The European Regimes that Sell the Family Silver

MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT JOURNALIST: We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might and its natural resources, its economic know-how; its pivotal trading position; its geographical location, and its technology. Sadly. People – yes people, the greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the […]

Some of the lucky ones surrendered and stayed alive

Kyiv has achieved nothing and Russian troops have now taken the initiative, a top diplomat says: The four-month ’counteroffensive’ by Ukrainian forces has failed to reach any of its objectives, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, told the Security Council on Friday. ‘For several days now, Russian […]

There Goes Your Illusions of Free Speech

MICHAEL WALSH IS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR THE AMERICAN FREE PRESS: What lies behind the European Union’s increasing control of users’ content on social media? The issue is a radical shift that supersedes the tech giants’ own content moderating (and censorship) control. The new Digital Services Act (DSA) claims […]

Elon Musk Caves to Israeli and EU Pressure

X formerly Twitter yields to EU demand to remove pro-Hamas posts after commissioner threatens ban for entire platform. X says it removed “tens of thousands” of Hamas-related posts. The platform, however, is notorious for removing pro-truth commentators. Facebook, which is Jewish-owned and controlled rigorously polices its content removing […]

R.I.P. HERE LIES AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS

OP-ED Michael Walsh: The end of World War II coincided with the bouncing baby birth of a thriving American middle class. Most Western Europeans born after the Second World War were weaned on the canned products of the American entertainment industry. Many Europeans aspired to match American living […]