Category Archives: Guest Post

US Weaponizes Environmental Rhetoric to Seek Water Hegemony

An update on jockeying over critical water resources and how the US is positioning itself.

Brazil Mulls Phasing Out Physical Cash, As Central Bank Prepares to Launch CBDC

How did Brazil, a country that until recently was heavily dependent on cash, reach a point where its politicians are now considering eliminating it altogether? One of the answers is a three-letter word that is now ubiquitous across the country: Pix.

Zelensky’s Latest TV Interview Shows How Much the Ukraine Conflict’s Dynamics Have Shifted

Zelensky has moderated some posiitons as US and EU enthusiasm for Project Ukraine is falling. But don’t get your hopes up for an endgame

Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Skyrocket To $7 Trillion

The IMF made a comprehensive tally of fossil fuels subsidies. Both the level and the trajectory are sobering.

New York Times Bungles Page One School Ventilation Story through Lazy Reporting

Perhaps, after three years and counting of Covid, we should be grateful for any content that isn’t outright eugenicist.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~

Links 8/28/2023

Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!

Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans

Testing Marx

The findings highlight the role of historical, institutional, and technological factors in shaping capitalist trajectories, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient.

As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach

Mask up, Taylor! FFS.

Links 8/27/2023

Book Review: Two Critiques of America’s Ailing Health Care System

Two new books chronicle the shortcomings of the nation’s health care system, if you can call it that.

The NYT & WSJ’s Critical Articles About Kiev’s Counteroffensive Explain Why It Failed

It’s now in the open that US and Ukraine were at odds about the much vaunted counteroffensive, even when it was clear it would not get far

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/25/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Despite 4 Indictments, Trump Will Still Be the GOP Nominee

Trump won’t be over until he is over, and that will not be before the Republican convention.