Puerto Rico Update: Forests, Power, Depopulation, and Privatization
Puerto Rico’s situation is causing Naomi Klein to rethink “shock doctrine.”
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Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger
Some critical background on why Putin decided to invest heavily in technologies that could counter or circumvent US threats.
Read more...Meet the Democrats’ ‘Dirty Dozen’ Working to Gut Financial Reforms
Yet again, the Democrats sell out voters to moneyed backers, this time ones in the banking industry.
Read more...What’s Happening to Italy?
Myths and realities concerning the results of the recent Italian elections: who won, who lost, and who simply got it wrong
Read more...Why Trump Is So Clumsy About Fighting ‘Free Trade’
Why what looks like a trade problem is really a financialization problem, and therefore there are much better solutions than using tariffs.
Read more...Crash Out Brexit Now the Defender Position
Brace yourselves! Why a “crash out” Brexit is now the most likely outcome.
Read more...How the Democrat’s Corrupt Congressional Pay-to-Play Machine Sabotages Progressives and the Popular Will
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a study in corruption and a vehicle for maintaining elite control.
Read more...Brexit-Induced Pillaging of the UK Starts: US Fleecing UK on Must-Have Air Transport Pact
Yet another Brexit shoe is about to drop….this one on the aviation front.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren Slams Democrats for Helping Gut Financial Regulations
The financial services industry is about to get even more unnecessary, risk-feeding breaks, thanks in no small measure to Democrats.
Read more...Killing a Parasite, Part 2 — How to Implement Student Debt Cancellation
How to fix the student problem – now and going forward.
Read more...Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Introduction)
A preliminary look at the 2018 midterms. Will the Democrats win control of the House?
Read more...Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
Why it might make sense to pay heed on what the Mafia hath wrought….
Read more...Notes on the West Virginia Teachers Strike of 2018
How this strike began, the current state of play, health care as a demand, solidarity, and the role of the Democrats
Read more...Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’
The Times swears its fealty to the 10%, um, capitalism…
Read more...Trump’s Tariff Threat to Kick Off Trade War?
Trump is threatening to kick off a trade slugfest via tariffs on steel and aluminum. Will he follow through?
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