The foolish rulers by Heinz J.Bontrup, 6/16 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/27/18877626.php “Imagine what will happen when the war comes and no one goes” (Carl Sandburg). When will the peoples of the world finally rise up against the folly of their rulers? This question applies not only to totalitarian systems, but also to the …
The country that can do anything Israel is plunging into a war with Iran under flimsy pretexts, and its Western allies are guilty of complicity. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms Iran’s indiscriminate attack on Israeli territory.” This was the statement made by Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul a few …
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/26/18877592.php The humanitarian situation there is contrary to international law, with Israel refusing to allow aid supplies to enter for months. The current strike against Iran can be seen as an attempt to complete or at least advance a reorganization of the Middle East in Israel’s interests. The Israeli right-wing …
From hegemon to blackmailer. The aggressive tariff policy of the USA turns against its former allies. By Ernst Lohoff [This article posted on 6/14/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.krisis.org/2025/vom-hegemon-zum-erpresser-die-aggressive-zollpolitik-der-usa-wendet-sich-gegen-bisherige-verbuendete/.] Originally published in Jungle World 2025/21 on May 22, 2025 The Western camp led by the US …
Crisis of Work – Crisis of Democracy by Ernst Lohoff [This article posted on 3/26/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.krisis.org/2025/krise–der–arbeit–krise–der–demokratie/.] From: Institute for Radicalization Research at the Biko Education Collective (ed.): Radikalisiert euch! Contributions to Radical Theory and Practice, Münster 2023, pp. 45–58. 1 For several …
Homo Economicus and Dethonement of the Profit Principle by Ulrich Thielemann Max Frisch summarized economism int he formula: “what brings profit is rational.” Economism is a business ethics conception, a justification theory for profit maximization. Business ethics is declared superfluous where maximizing the capital value of the firm eclipses everything …
https://richardgingras.medium.com/the-evolution-of-media-and-democracy-how-we-got-here-how-we-might-move-forward-534776e1bde2 We believe in a free press. We believe in free expression. We believe in democracy. We believe in a society that can and should both tolerate its differences and reach consensus on how we live together. We believe all of those things. It turns out there’s a paradox in …
Here’s a list of the eight articles on my new website https://alternativeeconomicsblog.wordpress.com: 1. Ten Years After the Financial Crash by Rudolf Hickel (2018) 2. Base Erosion and Profit Shifting by Olesya Kasantseva (2015) 3. Neoliberal Indoctrination by Marc Batko 4. Trumponomics and Wall Street Rejoiced by Rudolf Hickel and Lukas Hermsmeier …
After the bulldozer If the US does not return to humanity and cooperation, Donald Trump’s political “clean-up operation” will be followed by new disorder. Some watch with horror and others with glee as Donald J. Trump plows through American politics with a bulldozer. Those who see through the deep-seated corruption …