Category Archives: Politics

The Stavka Memorandum: Russia Means Military Power Plus Diselectrification of the Ukraine (“Stormy and Prolonged Applause”)

John Helmer describes how Russia is identifying electricity grid targets, as well as current ideas for creating a demilitarized zone.

What “Our Democracy” Should Look Like When Voting: Reader Reactions and Updates

The “simple plan” revised according to (some) readers’ suggestions

With COP Gridlocked, Critics Blast ’27 Years of Obstructionism, Delay, and Greenwashing’

One activist on the COP’s underwhelming performance: “Once again we are seeing rich countries trying to evade their responsibility.”

Tom Ferguson: Worker’s Wages & Leverage are the Real Targets

Why did Corporate Democrats “cede” the economic argument? Are they really fighting inflation or trying to weaken workers’ bargaining power?

You’re Living in a World Wrought by Central Banks. Notice Anything Wrong?

Nomi Prins warns that central banks’ strategies are destroying the real economy, worsening inequality, and creating societal chaos.

Why Don’t The Poles Admit the War Isn’t Winning the Next Polish Election and Isn’t in Poland’s National Interest – Unless Zelensky Loses Galicia to Poland, Again

There is less enthusiasm for the Ukraine war amond some Polish voters than the US/UK press would have you believe. And winter is coming.

Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

Another account of the extent of the private equity health care grifting, as well as some avenues to check these abuses.

As Gig Economy Grows, Its Toll on Workers Mounts

Democrats help the gig economy expands its reach as it brings pain and suffering to more American workers.

When Marshal Kutuzov Joins General Winter and General Surovikin, What Happens Next on the Front

An overview of how Russia approaches war, and then a discussion of why Pavlovka matters in the Ukraine campaign.

COP27 Fiddling as World Warms

COP27, the latest climate ‘blah-blah,’ began with rich nation backpedalling due to the NATO sanctions-induced energy crisis.

Washington’s Woman in Berlin: How Germany’s Foreign Minister Is Helping the US Crush the German Economy

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is willing to sacrifice her country’s economy and standard of living in order to march lockstep with the US against Russia and China.

Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia

In a massive exercise in looting, two Senators are pushing for massive buys of outdated weapons systems, with the Ukraine war as cover.

Kherson, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Under-the-Radar Electrical War

The upset about the Kherson pullback seems disproprtionate. What assumptions did it expose?

Repairing a Fractured World Economy?

Richard Kozul-Wright describes the current world economic disorder, and discusses possibilities and limits of effective regional responses