Category Archives: Politics

The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why

How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.

Sanders Hails Growing Union Movement as Threat to ‘Oligarchy and Corporate Greed’

As Sanders celebrates the Amazon union victory, some billionaire overlords are getting testy.

Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses

Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?

India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World

The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.

Russia’s War with Ukraine: Five Reasons Why Many African Countries Choose to Be ‘Neutral’

Why African countries have chosen to be ‘neutral’ on the issue of Russia’s war with Ukraine.

The Importance of Custody, or NATO’s Internal Gold War

Both the UK’s Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.

How Biden’s Huge Strategic Oil Release Could Backfire

Why Biden’s short term oil, really gas, price fix might be a flop.

Business Groups Thwart Senate Confirmation of David Weil to Key Labor Department Post

Gang of three Democratic senators thwart confirmation of David Weil to key Labor Department post.

No One Will Win in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Gail Tverberg argues that the war in Ukraine does not get Russia or other energy producers out of their scarity bind.

Housing Is a Human Right—Here’s How to Make It a Reality

e federal government has enables the private market to profit from housing. Time for a public option for housing?

Putin Edict on “Gas for Roubles” Consistent With Original Description (and Our Take); Western Officials Nevertheless Claim a Walkback

Putin’s gas for roubles plan was over-interpreted by foreign policy experts and media employees, and that’s working out to Russia’s advantage.

Joe Lauria Interviews Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff on Consortium News

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss how the economic and ground war over Ukraine is moving geopolitical tectonic plates.

Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues

What Russia is up to and what if anything the West can do continues to dominate the media. Too bad we know so little about what is afoot

The IMF Connection with the Ukraine Crisis

You can’t quite say the IMF is the root of all evil. But it sure made a lot of bad situations worse.