“Empires decline because they can no longer afford the expanding costs of maintaining their hegemony” Jack Rasmus is a host for the radio show Alternative Visions, on the Progressive Radio Network, a journalist, a playwright, [...]
It appears that Western Asia is withdrawing from US hegemony Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor in the History Department at the University [...]
Orwell: “Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’.” Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: Wikimedia Commons A spectre is haunting the Professional and [...]
C. J. Hopkins, like so many anglo-saxons and other nationalities in Germany, has discovered that in reality democracy and rule of law do not exist in Germany. In fact they are inexorably dieing throughout Europe. [...]
What kind of future does France offer its young people? Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International Monetary Fund Suffocates [...]
Finally, some signs that there may be European leaders willing to give peace a chance. Matthew Blackburn is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs within the Research Group for Eastern Europe [...]
It’s better to look after elderly people before they get injured: a preventive approach to health would prioritise social care investment. Joan Costa-Font is a Professor of Health Economics and Head of the Department of [...]
The Serbian student movement has gone from protest to power within just two years. In Government, it will face significant internal and external pressures that will require the movement to keep organising and mobilising. Dragan [...]
Book Review by Branko Milanović As some people who follow my Substack might have been noticed I have been reading this Summer several books about the current Ukraine-Russia war. I find it very instructive and useful [...]
