Geopolitics
Month: July 2026
Economics
Dean Baker: Trump’s Factory Boom Keeps Going in Reverse
While anything can happen tomorrow, there is zero evidence of this investment boom to date, and factory construction is going the wrong way fast. Read Article HERE
EU politics
Hüseyin Doğru, Chris Hedges – Weaponizing Civil Death to Crush Dissidents
The war on information in the West has tread new grounds since the genocide in Palestine. Journalists and media outlets who report on the imperialist endeavors of the ruling class increasingly find themselves under the […]
Austerity
Philipp Heimberger, Anna Matzner – Austerity erodes the governments that impose it
Fiscal consolidation packages reduce approval, drive protests and raise the odds of a major government crisis – especially in downturns Philipp Heimberger is an economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) Anna […]
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: The NY Times LIes About Russian and Ukrainian Casualties
The NY Times published an outrageous article on Wednesday that perpetuates the myth that Ukraine is inflicting massive casualties on Russia. I suppose this is just another part of the propaganda game to deceive the […]
Economics
EU politics
Reuters: Germany demands €400 billion cut to ‘unaffordable’ EU budget, document shows
This could severely reduce massive EU subsidies given to Poland and others in the region Read Article HERE Photo: German Government
EU politics
DeStatis: Total fertility rate drops to 1.32 children per woman in 2025.
Total fertility rate at lowest level since 1997 – decline registered among both German and foreign women Fertility highest in Niedersachsen, lowest in Sachsen Not mentioned in the English translation: Women with German citizenship was […]
EU politics
Chronicle.lu: Ukraine Seeks €6.6bn From EU’s Peace Fund for Military Aid
Ukraine’s total defence need is estimated at around €136 billion this year, with the Ukrainian budget covering around €53 billion of that amount, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a letter seen by Reuters. Read […]
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – Gaza: When the Children Become the Target
History remembers those who committed atrocities. It also remembers those who looked away. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International […]