US Loses Nearly 4 Million Jobs to China Since WTO Entry
More evidence, this time via China, on the costs globalization imposed on American workers.
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Brexit D-Day
The big Brexit day is here.
Read more...How Iowa Chooses National Convention Delegates and What That Means For Us
Explaining the Iowa Caucus Rube Goldberg machine.
Read more...Michael Hudson on the History of Debt Cancellation, Austerity in Europe, January 2020
Michael Husdon reviews the key themes of his recent book, ……and Forgive Them Their Debts, and discusses German austerity.
Read more...The War in Libya Will Never End
Looking at the gap between posturing and positions in Libya
Read more...Anti-Abortion Laws: A War Against Poor Women
Abortion as a class issue.
Read more...A New Type of Conflict: France’s Ongoing Struggle for Pensions
The French strike over pensions has gone on longer than any other, even in 1968, has 60% support….yet the press barely covers it.
Read more...The Truth & the Irony: Consortium News and The Continuing Tale of Chrystia Freeland’s Grandfather and His and Her Nazi Scheme for Ukraine Today
Consortium News is suing Canada’s NSA for depicting the publisher as part of a Russian cyber-campaign for exposing then Foreign Minsister Chrystia Freeland lying over her history. But has CN undermined its case?
Read more...WSJ Reports: State AGs to Cooperate with Feds to Take on Google?
State AGs to meet with DoJ to discuss cooperating in their respective probes into alleged anti-competitive behavior by Google. Will enforcement actions follow? Time will tell.
Read more...Blue Acceleration: Our Dash for Ocean Resources Mirrors What We’ve Already Done to the Land
Will we drive the Blue Acceleration toward sustainable and equitable trajectories, or will we foul the ocean as we have fouled the land?
Read more...“A Who’s-Who” of People Against Progressives’ Agenda: DNC’s Perez Under Fire for Convention Committee Picks
The knives are out. Typical pick: Former Congressman Barney Frank, who wrote an op-ed entitled “Why Progressives Shouldn’t Support Bernie.”
Read more...Puerto Rico: Earthquake Aftershocks and Aftermath
Thousands of the inhabitants of Puerto Rico still huddle in outdoor shelters, and FEMA has yet to approve assisted rent to relocate people.
Read more...This Problem With Fracked Oil and Gas Wells Is Occurring ‘at an Alarming Rate’
Well casing failures are a growing problem for an industry chasing profitability by cutting corners for its shale gas fracking operations.
Read more...Local Climate Policy Run Amok, Bellingham Edition
Bellingham, Washington tries to take on climate change….and their well-intentioned plan misses an elephant in the room.
Read more...Dark Satanic Mills Are Not Just a Historical Artifact: MP Castigates Leicester Fast Fashion Factories
North West Leicesteshirer MP Andrew Bridgen demands answer on contemporary working conditions at local fast fashion factories.
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