95 Theses

by Michael Hudson, 4/14/2025 Without restructuring the rentier financialized economy to move it back toward the original business plan of industrial capitalism,…his program will fail to re-industrialize America. Indeed, it threatens to push the U.S. economy into depression – for 90 percent of the population, that is. Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff Historyby Michael…

The international financial markets have already reacted: stock prices plunged worldwide, as did gas and oil prices – the latter despite an unchanged supply situation. The 15% decline within a few days indicates that the markets are expecting a decline in demand – in other words, a global recession. All the tariffs were reduced to…

In no man’s landDemocracy is in upheaval, old certainties are dissolving, and the outlines of a new, more humane world are not yet visible. “The secret of change lies not in fighting the past, but in directing all energy towards building the new” (Socrates). Why is it that party politics often fails on issues that…

Ukraine War: Who is Responsible for this Catastrophe? By: Klaus-Dieter Kolenda [This article posted on 3/25/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://globalbridge.ch/ukraine-krieg-wer-ist-fuer-diese-katastrophe-verantwortlich/.] Political scientists Benjamin Abelow, John Mearsheimer and Glenn Diesen and economist Jeffrey Sachs explain why the US and the West bear the main responsibility. The war in Ukraine, which has…

Both examples, Palestine and Ukraine, show: The threat that arises from the negation of real democracy is clearly before all of our eyes:In both Ukraine and Israel, proto-fascist regimes are in fact at work under the guise of a government that supposedly defends liberal-democratic freedom. Genocide and the provocation of war are undoubtedly proto-fascist acts.…

by Paul Wiseman – 3/3/2025 By  PAUL WISEMAN Updated 11:56 PM PDT, March 3, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here’s what they are and what you need to know about them: Tariffs are a tax on imports Tariffs are typically charged as a percentage of the price a…

Mayors speak out against tariffs WATCH: Mayors from U.S., Canada and Mexico speak out against tariffs at trade summitPBS NewsHour, March 28 AND Vienna-Style Social Housing Will Happen in the US. Here’s Why.Devin Silvernailhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-XLZr1KrD4

Debates 16 Aug2021 A year and a half after the arrival of Virus, some may have started wondering why the usually unscrupulous ruling elites decided to freeze the global profit-making machine in the face of a pathogen that targets almost exclusively the unproductive (over 80s). Why all the humanitarian zeal? Cui bono? Only those who…

Blame Canada Our warmongering, drugged-out conspiracy theory Timothy Snyder Mar 16, 2025 When Trump announces an aggressive policy, he attaches to it a grotesque justification. The nonsensical fiction is supposed remain in our minds, as a button to be pushed, so that we accept violence. We will have trouble questioning lies later if we accept…

Americans still do not support Trump’s ideas, nor was Republicans’ victory resounding. Let’s start with Trump’s electoral victory. His popular vote margin was one of the tiniest in American history. He won 49.9 percent of the vote compared with Kamala Harris’ 48.3 percent. Trump’s 1.6 percent edge is the third smallest since 1900, not counting…