World-Ending Maneuvers? Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today
Even if the looming Israel-Iran conflict does not produce a regional war or worse, the ICBM lobby poses another huge risk to collective safety
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Democrats’ VP Choice Tim Walz Has a History of Working on the Side of Monied Interests Against Workers
Walz’s folksy persona helps mask standard neoliberal positions, and Minnesota workers paid the price.
Read more...Electric Vehicle Revolution Stalls, Leaving Metal Markets in Limbo
Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s Dance of Death – Part 2: Fallout
Satyajit Das, continuing his series on the contemporary Middle East, focuses on the Al Aqsa Flood attack and Israel’s response.
Read more...What’s Wrong and Right with Project 2025
Why the Project 2025 dog’s breakfast of proposals bears watching.
Read more...Climate Change and Hard Labor: The Rising Toll on Outdoor Workers
Governments and employers are slow to adapt to the risk to workers of higher outdoor temperatures.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s Dance of Death – Part 1: Deluge
A long view of the conflict in the Middle East.
Read more...The Growing Conservative Backlash Against Carbon Capture and Storage
A climate technology favored by oil companies is increasingly being attacked by more prominent figures on the right who are following the lead of their base.
Read more...Why Is the EU Upping the Pressure on Meloni in Italy?
News that Rome is in hot water over “rule of law” issues came out at same time Meloni headed East in attempt to repair ties with China, but is that the reason?
Read more...The Shocking Truth Behind the End of Financial Colonialism
Another take on the slow unraveling of the Western-dominated order, here seen as a repudiation of colonialism.
Read more...Israel: Armageddon?
Israel, as John Mearshimer put in in a new post, has gotten itself in deep kimchee. Who else will it drag into its desperate mess?
Read more...Ninety Pre-Election Days in Two Charts
Election statistical models performed poorly in the US this year. That’s to be expected when faced with tail risk events.
Read more...How Kamala Harris Sold Out Struggling Homeowners to Save Banks in 2012 and Then Lied About It
Kamala is under scrutiny for policy flip-flops. Even worse is her lying about the badge of shame known as the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement.
Read more...Michael Hudson & Jill Stein: Israel Just Crossed Hezbollah And Iran’s Red Line: WWIII Looms
Israel has just greatly upped the ante with assassinations in Tehran, Beirut, and possibly a third in Damascus. How will the Axis of Resistance respond?
Read more...Israel Assassinates Hamas Negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran, Leading to Condemnation Across Muslim World; Israel Attempts Assassination of Hezbollah Leader in Beirut; Settler Brownshirt Rampage Against IDF Wins Knesset Backing
Israel escalates as Tony Blinken wrings his hands.
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