Hoisted from E-Mail: Puzzling Out the UK’s Shambolic Approach to Brexit
Trying to make sense of the UK’s Brexit pathology.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Divestiture and Climate Change Politics
Divestiture initiatives are unlikely to halt DAPL’s construction, but show cautious promise for stopping future US pipeline projects.
Read more...Road to Trump’s Climate Change Hell Paved by Obama and Clinton
TRNN interview with Robert Pollin and Gerald Horne discussing the role of Democrats in setting the scene for Trump’s climate change inaction.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: What Obsessing About Trump Causes Us To Miss
Why fixating on Trump has the convenient effect of shifting attention away from other important topics. Cui bono?
Read more...Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Signs Law Imposing Hefty Fines and Lengthy Jail Terms for Anti-Pipeline Protests
Oklahoma becomes the first state to enact an anti-trespass law aimed at pipeline protests. Will this spark a national trend targeting protest and dissent?
Read more...GOP Attack on Obamacare Won’t Slow Calls for Democrats to Back Single-Payer
TRNN interview with Physicians for a National Health Program’s Carol Paris, on the movement pressuring Democrats to back Medicare-for-All.
Read more...Book Review: Game of Mates
A new book. Game of Mates, documents how rentier capitalism and soft corruption operate in Australia. Many of its findings apply to the US.
Read more...NY Times Lets a Charter School Propagandist Distort the Facts on Its Op-Ed Page
Quelle surprise! Card carrying neoliberal David Leonhardt of the New York Times twists facts to try to make a case for charter schools.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Honeymoon of the Generals in the Age of Trump – Wolfowitz on McMaster, Mattis
Trump has turned conduct of his wars over to neocon mad dogs like Paul Wolfowitz that even hawkish Reagan made sure to keep out of power.
Read more...Organizing Against the Gig Economy: Lessons from Latin America?
New strategies of organization and workers’ control in Latin America suggest ways to combat the insecurity of the gig economy.
Read more...CalPERS and Board Come Out Losers Over Kangaroo Court Against Its Most Effective Board Member (Updated)
CalPERS and its board seem incapable of understanding that when you are in a hole, you need to stop digging.
Read more...War, Morality, and How to Get There From Here
More discussion of how the left can become a political force and how best to pursue anti-war objectives.
Read more...UK’s Brexit Derangement Becomes More Visible as May Puts Foot in Mouth and Chews
As short seller David Einhorn has said, “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.” I thought I was at risk of being unduly dire in my early readings on Brexit, which was that the two sides have a large gap between their positions and have been talking past each other. Early on, […]
Read more...How Norway Shows the Limits of “Civilized Capitalism” and Social Organization
Debunking some well-meaning thinking on the “global village” and socially responsible investing.
Read more...British Press Hissy Fit Over Predictable EU Move to Relocate Euro-Clearing to the Continent
The UK press reacts with unwarranted indignation to an EU move that was sure to happen.
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