Progressives Say New Midterm Poll Must Be ‘Wake Up Call’ to Democrats
“Democrats should close the election with a clear argument about who is prepared to fight for the working class.” Can they?
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Is the UK About to Hit the Wall?
The UK is in sorry shape…..and is looking like the canary in the economic coal mine.
Read more...Why the Soviet Union Imploded
The Soviet Union depended on energy sales and consumer production stagnated. Reforms promoted the rise of oligarchs and the 1990s free fall.
Read more...Is the US Preparing for the “NATOization” of Bosnia?
By Conor Gallagher As the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to deteriorate, it’s looking increasingly likely that NATO forces will return to the country as Washington’s answer to a problem it has created. Questions over the integrity of the October 2 election are ratcheting up tensions in the ethnically-divided country. On top of […]
Read more...What Social Security Should Really Be Paying to Survive in This Economy
Inadequate cost of living adjustments are nevertheless giving Social Security gutters new talking points.
Read more...Biden Administration Doubles Down on Sanctions Self-Harm: China Chip Export Ban, Possible Russia Aluminum Sanctions, All Systems Still Go with Russian Oil Price Cap
The sanctions war situation has developed not necessarily to America’s advantage.
Read more...The Odessa Connection? The Ukrainian M.O. for the Crimean Bridge Attack – This Is How The Operation Worked To The Point Of Detonation
The Russian investigation of the Kerch brigde bombing claims that a grain transport ship out of Odessa moved the explosives.
Read more...Is Breaking Things the Best Way Forward for Climate Activists?
From SUVs to gas pipelines, sabotage is on the rise as the climate crisis deepens – but does it work?
Read more...Whose Cat Caught the German Tongue? No Blame for Russia After German Train Sabotage on Sunday Morning, No Blame for Nord Stream Sabotage, Yet
Another apparent act of sabotage in Germany, yet the press is peculiarly refusing to play “whodunnit”.
Read more...600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036 If We Don’t Act Now
Plastic damage to oceans is getting worse. But do we have adequate remedies, even if we had the will to implement them?
Read more...EU Imposes Secondary Sanctions on Russian Steel in Eighth Sanctions Package. Is Türkiye the Target?
the EU using an obscure steel secondary sanction to whack Türkiye?
Read more...A Pennsylvania Prison Gets a Scandinavian-Style Makeover – and Shows How the US Penal System Could Become More Humane
Better prision approaches can reduce stress and improve outcomes for inmates and staff. But that’s not the point, is it?
Read more...The U.S. Is Preparing Its Response to the “Short-Sighted” Strategy of OPEC+
The US is having a hissy over the OPEC+ production cut. Not a good look.
Read more...Brexit Britain Is All Alone in a Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism
As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.
Read more...Is the Energy Transition Taking Off—or Hitting a Wall?
Why, as they say in Maine, you can’t get get there from here as far as our green energy plans are concerned.
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