This phase of the Iranian conflict likely will only end when the West falls off the approaching economic cliff Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted [...]
War and profit are intimately tied together. The billionaires cannot secure their profits without war, or the threat of it – whether against workers at home or against other nations abroad Jonathan Cook is the [...]
The street battles against the abuses by ICE are the front lines of our struggle to prevent the consolidation of the police state. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent [...]
The problem with any scheme of normative thinking is that it is essentially proof against the disruptive effects of all learning and all experience. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: The [...]
The United States is led by a sociopath who stands at the head of an American political economy and foreign policy in his image. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published [...]
How we can stop runaway climate breakdown while tackling global inequality is perhaps the great challenge of our epoch. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael [...]
A new book, Capitalism at the Limit, explores how the socio-ecological dimension of our planetary crisis interacts with capitalism. Zeynep Öztürk is a PhD researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of [...]
Iran has sent a clear message to Trump that if he wants a deal, the US President will have to rein-in Israel. Connor Echols is the managing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He was previously the [...]
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, [...]
