Bill Mitchell: Corporate welfare abounds

‘Turkey, which hosts this week’s NATO summit, has the alliance’s second-largest army. Its strategic role in a US-dominated world order has long outweighed any concerns about its lack of democratic standards.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]

The European Commission in its yearly report on Turkey said there are “serious concerns” about the continued deterioration of democratic standards, the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights Read HERE Photo: Hilmi Hacaloğlu/Voice of America

Volkswagen’s plans for a deal with Israeli arms maker Rafael to use its struggling Osnabrueck ​plant are being complicated by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the German carmaker’s third-largest investor, three people ‌familiar with the matter told […]