Rob Urie: Kamala Harris is the New Face Being Put on America’s Wars
An unvarnished assessment of what a Kamala Harris presidency would amount to.
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Activists Link Climate Change, Gaza in a Campaign Targeting Citigroup
Protesters are pushing Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel.
Read more...Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth
A full-throated critique of the claim that capitalism benefits the poors.
Read more...Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
Oxfam gives an update on the ever-widening gap between our money overlords and the poor, and how their enrichment is increasing poverty.
Read more...Links 8/28/2024
Peer Review: What Does It Really Mean Today?
Why peer review is not what you might think it is, and what can be done to remedy that.
Read more...On the Distortions and Distractions of the Democratic National Circus
A well-targeted rant about the offensive shallowness and neglect of concrete material needs of voters that the Democratic Party now embodies.
Read more...Why People Stay After Local Economies Collapse − A Story of Home Among the Ghosts of Shuttered Steel Mills
Why many community members don’t leave in the face of localized collapse, and how they adapt.
Read more...Fog of War and Narrative, Israel and Hezbollah Attacks Edition
An attempt at informational forensics on the Israel-Hezbollah pitched battle on Sunday.
Read more...Links 8/27/2024
The Rising Democratic Threat of “Hopeful Militarism”
A new Team Democrat messaging strategy boils down to “War is love.”
Read more...Michael Hudson: Forgiveness, Foreclosure, & Christianity
Michael Hudson reprises a favorite theme of how the salutary practice of debt forgiveness came to an end under Greco-Roman oligarchs
Read more...Former Ambassador Chas Freeman: Possible Disintegration of Civilian Government at Year End
Chas Freeman sends a sobering warning.
Read more...The Rate Cuts Powell Dangled in Front of Markets May Slam into Inflationary Fiscal & Economic Policies of Whoever Is in the White House Next Year
Are both parties set to continue stimulative fiscal policy, leaving Powell or a successor to reapply the monetary policy brake?
Read more...A Stern Note to Readers
While we encourage well-informed, well-argued, and sometimes energetic discussions, rancor is another matter. Yesterday, a long thread on Lambert’s post on the RFK, Jr. speech where RFK, Jr. excoriated the contemporary Democratic party and endorsed Trump too often descended into advocacy and bile. Several times in the past I have had to shut off comments […]
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