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Al Jazeera – Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

Fantasy stuff, but what it does achieve is undermine Western opposition to Iran charging for safe passage in the Strait. Read the article HERE.

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Economics

Frédéric Lordon – Awaiting the Crash?

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

On the AI bubble. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Trita Parsi – A new US-Iran war would end where the last one did

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

The Iran war is starting up again because the United States wants control over the Strait of Hormuz, but the same challenges in achieving that before the ceasefire still exist today. Trita Parsi is the […]

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Marco Carnelos – How Scott Bessent’s ‘economic statecraft’ aims to justify US coercion

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

The US Treasury Secretary has outlined his vision for the United States in the world, where economic coercion is to be castigated unless the US itself is the one doing the coercing. Marco Carnelos is […]

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Tom Blackburn – Starmer’s parting gift of billions for the military is a chain around Burnham’s neck

July 13, 2026 Ben 0

It doesn’t seem to matter who is the UK Prime Minister, ‘more money for arms’ is the rallying cry of the British establishment and all must obey. Tom Blackburn is a writer from Manchester. A […]

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Politico – Rutte to NATO: Admit it — Trump was right

July 7, 2026 Ben 0

These are our European overlords – buffoons that have little understanding of the world and are happy for us to be paying through the nose for American weapons, and whom we cannot kick out at […]

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Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sybil Fares – On its 250th birthday, America must leave behind the illusion of primacy

July 7, 2026 Ben 0

The Iran war showed that the US cannot impose its will on the whole world – it is time to accept multipolarity. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable […]

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Michael Roberts – 250 years: US from independence to empire: Part 3: From hegemony to decline

July 7, 2026 Ben 0

Final part of a series on America’s 250th anniversary looks at the country’s relative decline, which began in the 1970s and has become more obvious in recent years. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 […]

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Ogul Tuna – Turkey’s Key Role in NATO Is No Contradiction

July 7, 2026 Ben 0

‘Turkey, which hosts this week’s NATO summit, has the alliance’s second-largest army. Its strategic role in a US-dominated world order has long outweighed any concerns about its lack of democratic standards.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]

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Adam Dehsbazi – Hormuz checkpoint? Turkey wants to be king of the Middle Corridor

July 7, 2026 Ben 0

If trade routes shift to avoid the turbulent Strait of Hormuz, Turkey could emerge as the real winner of the Iran War. Adam Dehsabzi is a foreign policy analyst based in Washington D.C. He previously […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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