by geddrystaff | Jul 13, 2015 | Economy, Global
Published on Monday, July 13, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer After 31 hours of tense weekend talks—and five years of crippling austerity—Greece and its foreign creditors have struck a deal: an €86 billion bailout that will keep Greece in the...
by geddrystaff | Jul 10, 2015 | Global, Uncategorized
Published on Friday, July 10, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer In a far-reaching speech in Bolivia on Thursday, Pope Francis offered his apologies to, and begged forgiveness from, the native people of the Americas as he acknowledged the brutal...
by geddrystaff | Jul 6, 2015 | Economy, Global
Published on Monday, July 06, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer Even with a historic political victory in his pocket after seeing his nation vote overwhelmingly against the imposition of further austerity in exchange for a new loan package from...
by geddrystaff | Jul 5, 2015 | Global
Published on Saturday, July 04, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Just days after Brazil President Dilma Rousseff’s official working visit to the United States, during which she and President Barack Obama issued a joint communique affirming...
by geddrystaff | Jul 2, 2015 | Economy, Global
Published on Wednesday, July 01, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Days ahead of another round of secret international negotiations, WikiLeaks on Wednesday released what it described as “a modern journalistic holy grail: the secret Core Text...
by geddrystaff | Jun 25, 2015 | Economy
Published on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer In a win for multinational corporations and the global one percent, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly advanced Fast Track, or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) —ensuring for all...
