Can the UN Save Palestine from US-Israeli Genocide?
The UN General Assembly can sanction Israel for violating the ICJ ruling to expel settlers from the West Bank and Jerusalem. What then?
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On the Second Trump Assassination Attempt: What We Know So Far
Taking another shot.
Read more...The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion
Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.
Read more...Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win
But has she already embraced them?
Read more...Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?
How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.
Read more...Can We Afford the Welfare State?
Unpacking why the obstacle to preserving the welfare state is not national income or demographics but rentiers increasing their take.
Read more...Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Battle With Yet More Efforts by KKR and Blackstone to Delay or Prevent Discovery
An update on the long-running Kentucky Retirement Systems pension case, with KKR and Blackstone and their execs still fighting discovery
Read more...Putin Calls for Sanctions Revenge, Threatens to Cap Uranium Exports
Russia is considering restricting commodities exports such as uranium to what it has called “unfriendly” countries.
Read more...A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...A Dilly in Philly: Kamala v. Trump Presidential Debate Live Blog
Volatility is the central feature of this election, despite all efforts to keep things stable. It follows that the debate will be volatile.
Read more...First Russia-China Barter Trade May Come This Autumn, Sources Say
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Read more...The Myth That the US is Rapidly Approaching Bankruptcy
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff take apart widespread myths about Federal spending and debts.
Read more...How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
A much-needed look at how the mainstream media has tried to ignore and even justify Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Read more...Russia’s Prosecution of the War in Ukraine: Can It Square the Circle of Probable Boundary Conditions?
Looking at a few likely Russian boundary conditions for its war in Ukraine suggests the end game will be tricky indeed.
Read more...Polish Foreign Minister Volunteers Country to Fight Russia
Sikorski wants to shoot down Russian missiles as pressure buildis on Germany to start footing more of the bill for US imperial ambitions.
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