Geopolitics
Month: April 2025
National Politics
Aurelien: Another Country
Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots Read HERE
Economics
Richard Wolff, Chris Hedges – The Economics of a Dying Empire
Professor Richard Wolff dissects the erratic and unpredictable nature of the Trump administration’s economic policy, and how it signals the decline of American Empire. Cross-posted from the Chris Hedges Report The final stages of capitalism, […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Exports in February 2025: +0.1% year on year
Exports (calendar and seasonally adjusted exports of goods), February 2025 131.6 billion euros +1.8% on the previous month +0.1% on the same month a year earlier Imports (calendar and seasonally adjusted imports of goods), February […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis -The Case Against European Rearmament
If we truly want to strengthen Europe, the first step is not to rearm. It is to forge the democratic union without which stagnation will continue to erode Europe’s capacities, rendering it unable to rebuild […]
Geopolitics
Alastair Crooke: ‘Break-a-Leg’ (that old Mafia warning) – Trump has threatened Iran over an ultimatum that likely cannot be met
What is understood now is that ‘we’re no longer playing chess’. There are no rules anymore Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic […]
Economics
Craig Murray – Is This The World We Created?
How did we get to the point where the so-called “Western Democracies” support genocide? Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog It […]
Economics
Michael Hudson – How Private Banking Replaced Public Money
Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. He is a former Wall Street analyst, political […]
Finance
Yanis Varoufakis – Forget shares, bonds and tariffs. Here is what you should really worry about
A very short piece but definitely a thought worth thinking about. In Yanis Varoufakis’ blog. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Letter to Refaat Alareer
This article is read by Eunice Wong, a Juilliard-trained actor, featured on Audible’s list of Best Women Narrators. Her work is on the annual Best Audiobooks lists of the New York Times, Audible, AudioFile, & Library Journal. www.eunicewong.actor […]