Geopolitics
National Politics
Geopolitics
The Bristol Cable: Palestine Action’s ‘Filton 6’ cleared in ‘huge victory for moral courage in face of political pressure’
A jury has refused to convict the six activists, who broke into and disrupted operations at an Israeli arms firm in Filton, after a high-profile and politically-charged trial Read Article HERE Credit: Palestine Action /Laurence […]
Corruption
Peter Oborne – Epstein files: Mandelson scandal indicts the entire British establishment
New revelations shed light on a deeply corrupt system of government that functions in the interests of criminal elites Peter Oborne’s new book, ‘Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza’, was recently published by […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: Trump’s Plan to Economically Bully China Has Failed… Scott Bessent is Clueless
Donald Trump’s Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Scott Bessent, is lost in a delusion. Bessent’s recent public comments on tariffs and China illustrate his detachment from reality. He emphasizes that using high, targeted tariffs as leverage […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Kevin Warsh – Wall Street’s man
This is not the man to make America great again, but the rich still richer. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog This work […]
Geopolitics
Caitlin Johnstone – “Why Don’t You Criticize Iran??”
Our Western governments are compicit or openly supporting the Zionist Nazi holocaust in Gaza, ethnic cleanising in the West Bank., the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. All this with our taxes. This is something we […]
Geopolitics
Alastair Crooke – Will he, won’t he ‘TACO’ on Iran?
Is Trump getting the message that an Iran ‘win’ is not ‘Slam Dunk’? – in which case he might decide on a TACO, accompanied by bone-crushing economic threats to Iran. Alastair Crooke is a former […]
National Politics
Connor Echols – Why Israeli counterterrorism tactics are showing up in Minnesota
A decades-long partnership has included resource sharing and a lot of joint training for ICE and CBP with their counterparts in Israel. Connor Echols is a reporter for Responsible Statecraft Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft In […]
Economics
German Recession: German jobless numbers hit 12-year high, inflation edges up
Unemployment rate rises to 6.6% in unadjusted terms German GDP grew by 0.3% in Q4, beating expectations Inflation slightly above ECB’s 2% target in January Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share […]
Geopolitics
Joseph Massad – How western wars turned liberal democracies into police states
From post-9/11 surveillance laws to the repression of Gaza solidarity, state powers once justified as tools of foreign war are now directed inward at citizens Joseph Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual […]