Finance
Politico – EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
There is a whiff of desperation about Von Der Leyen’s attempt to stop a tariff war with the US. Read the article HERE.
Month: April 2025
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – US-Europe divide on SWIFT could derail Ukraine peace talks
The SWIFT payment service hasn’t crippled Russian exports as some thought it would, so why make it a deal-breaker now? Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. […]
Finance
Peter Bloom – Trump’s Tariffs: Crony Capitalism and the New Economy of Obedience
Are Trump’s tariffs another example of disaster capitalism: manufacturing a crisis so that the super-rich can exploit it? Peter Bloom is a Professor at the University of Essex in the UK. His books include “Authoritarian […]
Climate Crisis
Aaron Kirshenbaum, Melissa Garriga – More Environmental Groups Must Join the Call for a Militarism-Free Future
The connection between militarism and environmental destruction is clear and evident, yet many climate action organisations seem reluctant to talk about it. Aaron Kirshenbaum is CODEPINK’s War is Not Green campaigner and East Coast regional […]
Geopolitics
Dave Braneck – In Germany, Too, Pro-Palestine Protesters Get Deported
‘Berlin’s city government has moved to deport four pro-Palestine protesters. Even as centrist parties warn against the far-right threat, they introduce the powers beloved by authoritarian leaders.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Oleg Chupryna – Ukraine’s defence industry is Europe’s best weapon for achieving strategic autonomy
Investing in Ukraine’s defence industry and integrating European and Ukrainian forces would help establish Europe’s strategic independence from the United States Oleg Chupryna is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University, […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The hollowing out of the middle class in the US and beyond
So the top end income has boomed in real terms while the bottom end has collapsed. That is the story of the US after several neoliberal decades. And it is the story of most advanced […]
Economics
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Nima Alkhorshid – Can the World Unite Against U.S. Trade Weaponization?
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are back with us. Welcome back. Let’s talk about the “Liberation Day,” and the new tariffs on […]
Geopolitics
Quds News Network: UN Extends Francesca Albanese’s Mandate Despite Intense Israeli Smear Campaign
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has renewed Francesca Albanese’s mandate as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for another three years despite an intense Israeli smear campaign. The decision came Friday, 4 […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Transactional weakness tips the balance of power – ‘Hold to no illusions; there is nothing beyond this reality’
A U.S. economic ‘re-balancing’ is coming. Putin is right. The post-WWII economic order ‘is gone’ Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture […]