Rob Urie: Why the US Must Officially End the Ukraine War for It to Stop
A hard look at the inertial forces that will keep the Ukraine conflict going unless the US shuts it down.
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James Galbraith: Wage Stagnation and Populism – A Comment on David Brooks and Noah Smith
David Brooks and Noah Smith defend neoliberal globalization by trying to ‘splain decades of worker wage stagnation.
Read more...Trump’s Liquidation of U.S Global Leadership
Some geopolitical aspects of how Trump’s mazimixation of his personal power comes at the expense of the US
Read more...The Left Needs a New Globalization Vision to Counter the Far-Right Surge
An argument that the way out of neoliberal globalization is by developing a new globalization that is democratic and free from the destructive tendencies of capitalist accumulation.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Secret Deal That Started a Global Economic War
Micheal Hudson explains how Trump’s tariffs are yet another device to force countries to accept poilcies that benefit the US.
Read more...Anchored in Troubled Waters: Why European Union and Eurozone Membership Is Less Bad Than You Might Think
An analysis shows how the EU and Eurozone buffer some economic shocks.
Read more...Debating Trump “Ambush” of South African President With “White Genocide’ Lies
n the consternation over Cyril Rhamposa’s failure to rebut Trump’s disgraceful diversion tactics regarding of Israel’s Gaza genocide
Read more...Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’
A new study in Nature looks at one of the baked-in effects from just our current level of temperature increases: mass migration.
Read more...Ideology-Driven, Inflationary Trump Tax and Tariff Policies Losing War With Bond and Currency Markets
ump’s trade, tariffs and tax schemes are already starting to come apart. And he seems to have no Plan B.
Read more...“Updating the Constitution”
On changes in the US governing regime, depicted as revisions to the Constitution.
Read more...Russia’s Attritional Approach to Ukraine Negotiations Shows Gains in Trump-Putin Phone Call
Despite the tendency to see the Trump-Putin call as a nothingburger, it added to the exposure of uncomfortable truths for the West.
Read more...Mass Media and the Spectacle of the Imperial Presidency
How the Trump presidency has successfully adapted TV image-burnishing skills to social media….natch, at the expense of substance.
Read more...Crypto Crooks Now Eating Their Own as Crypto Holders Targeted in Crime, Even Violent; Coinbase “Hack” an Inside Job, and Highly Damaging to Wallet-Holders
Crypto crirme, particularly violent ones like finger-choppings, are increasing. This should not be much of a surprise.
Read more...Onward March, Germany
Anti-Russia mania deepens as CDU-led coalition ties future economic health of country to war industry.
Read more...Nuclear Winter from a Pakistan-India War Could Kill 2 Billion
Even a limited nuclear conflict could cause years of potentially devastating impacts to climate and societies.
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