Once again an antidote to the daily war propaganda we are being fed by Western state and corporate media of the Epstein Class Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and [...]
Oil-rich and with limited exposure to international money markets, both Iran and Russia know how to manage war/proxy-war with the political West. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 [...]
The primary mandate of central banks is to prevent price inflation, but interest rates are a blunt tool to achieve this. Alec Haglund joined Positive Money in 2024 as a Senior Researcher. Alec holds a [...]
Like in Hungary, a new party has emerged to dominate Bulgarian politics on an anti-corruption ticket, but it’s not clear that ‘Progressive Bulgaria’ has a serious reform agenda for the southern Balkans country. Dr Emilia [...]
France appears to be trying to re-position itself in Africa, but social movements want rid of ‘Francafrique’ for good. Cross-posted from Other News Picture by Rosss From May 11–12, 2026, Kenya is set to host [...]
Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline Alfred W. McCoy is the Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His new book, just published, is Cold War on [...]
The rise of the Epstein Class is the result of neo-liberalism, which is destroying the world politically, economically, and the climate. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research [...]
This post reviews some recent economics books published by various authors, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Robert’s Blog Photo is made [...]
Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early [...]
