How Geopolitics Is Changing Trade
Western measures against Russia and China measures have affected global trade. But what of actual winners and losers?
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The US, Israel, and the ‘Anti-Semitism’ Fraud
Since it clearly needs to be said early and often, the campaign to demonize opponents of Israel’s genocide as anti-Semites is a complete crock.
Read more...Apple’s “Crush” Ad, Rentierism, and the End of Capitalism?
Apple’s dystopian ode to rentierism.
Read more...Where Have All the Babies Gone? Falling Birthrates All Over the World Alarm Leaders, Businessmen, Economists
On the baby bust/falling birthrates freakout.
Read more...Elections and Devaluations
Quelle surprise! Regimes facing elections often goose their economies, leading to currency appreciation pre-vote and devaluations afterwards.
Read more...“Living in Netanyahu’s America” – In More Ways Than One
The economic components that have served as the dehumanizing foundation to Israel’s current “plausible” genocide share many similarities with poor Americans and migrant laborers who are treated as disposable in the US.
Read more...‘Unhinged’ Israeli Ambassador Literally Shreds UN Charter Ahead of Successful Vote Urging Security Council to Reconsider Palestine Membership
Israel has yet another childish temper tantrum over the prospect of not getting its way, here over Palestine membership advancing in the UN.
Read more...Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground
The Collective West scrambles to replace Russia as a source of nuclear fuel and services.
Read more...Work Longer, Die Sooner! America’s Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
Experts describe how requiring U.S. seniors to work in their old age often threatens their health and well-being.
Read more...What Is Critical Global Geopolitics?
How the fall of the USSR reshaped thinking in the discipline of geopolitics.
Read more...Populism and State Power
A hard look at the use of the notion of populism in recent political discourse, starting with the curious lack of self-professed populists.
Read more...An Iowa Farm County Seeks Answers Amid Cancer Rates 50% Higher than National Average
More evidence on cancer clusters in the Corn Belt, and the difficulty of rallying official interest and help.
Read more...Alvin Bragg’s Theories (Plural) of the Case in People v. Trump May Be Gradually Emerging (There Are Three)
The architecture of Bragg’s case, and the state of play of its various elements.
Read more...Israel’s War on Gaza Could Spark Protests that Shape Entire Region
While media focus is on pro-Palestine protests in the US, anger in North Africa and Western Asia could boil over
Read more...Trump Promises to Deport All Undocumented Immigrants, Resurrecting a 1950s Strategy − But It Didn’t Work Then and Is Less Likely to Do So Now
A clinical look at the viability of Trump’s illegal immigrant deportation plan.
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