American Imperialism in Plain Site By Michael Wednesday, February 5, 2025Interviews Trump Permalink Donald Trump’s tariffs could destabilize the global economy, warns economist Michael Hudson. US protectionist policies could cause financial crises, as many currencies depreciate and countries can’t earn the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts. Hudson was …
According to the US magazine Axios, a flood of up to 100 decrees is planned, with which Trump wants to create facts from day one – primarily in immigration policy. Particularly noteworthy are his plans to abolish the birthright to citizenship, to resume the construction of the border wall and …
For the first time in more than a century, the flight to safety is away from the United States, not to it. The U.S. economy has been re-designed to inflate financial gains, even while de-industrializing by outsourcing its labor force. So what seemed to be U.S. industrial has been replaced …
Trump 2.0 could herald authoritarian capitalism, 1/20 The specter of authoritarian capitalism is not just haunting the West, it is already here. Can we build the power needed to challenge it? We can only hope the arrival of Trump 2.0 provides the wake-up call.
www.indybay.org There seems to be a resurgence of the belief that a balance in geopolitics can only be achieved through deterrence & military strength, while faith in the rule of law and compromise to secure peace is waning. This is wrong. Despite the setbacks we keep experiencing, we must continue …
Welcome to 2025. The first year of Trump 2.0. It promises to be fun — as long as by “fun” we mean chaotic or unpredictable. The dilemma is clear from the torrent of material flooding our various commentariat avenues. Take Janan Ganesh in Thursday’s Financial Times. He has written one …
Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism The political theorist who charted the devolution of American Democracy has died at the age of 93. Sheldon Wolin discusses his ideas in an interview with Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges for The Real News Network. (TRNN via YouTube) truthdig.com Sheldon Wolin, our most important contemporary …
Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:26 AM The USA is risking a world war in Ukraine, with European interests falling by the wayside. It is now important to examine which parties stand for a chance of peace. Diplomacy and a U-turn in the war in Ukraine are obviously becoming increasingly …
Why Rights for Nature? by Beat Dietschy [This article posted on 12/17/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.neuewege.ch/warum-rechte-der-natur.] Poisoned rivers and streams, dying out species, endangered ecosystems: Should they not have a right to restoration? The liberation of non-human nature from a state of lawlessness requires their …
by Felix Feistel This article posted on 12/10/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.manova.news/artikel/der-strategiewechsel.] The renewed escalation in Syria must be seen in the context of the Russian victories and the test of the Oreschnik medium-range missile. After provocations by the West with ATACMS and Storm Shadow …