Geopolitics
DropSite News – Trump “low-keys” Iran; Netanyahu rejects BoP plan for Gaza; Ukraine kills 13 in strike targeting Russian refinery
Update on important global developments, especially in the Middle East. Read the article HERE.
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Vijay Prashad – The Odyssey of the West
Christopher Nolan’s hotly-debated new film raises questions about the crisis of Western leadership. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International […]
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Al Mayadeen – 3 Saudi vessels struck, 16 turned back as Yemen blockade holds: Source
The Yemeni Armed Forces have struck three Saudi oil tankers in 48 hours as the Red Sea blockade holds, with 16 vessels denied passage since Monday. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen Grab
EU politics
+972: Rima Hassan is breaking Europe’s Palestine taboos. France put her on trial
Prosecuted for defending Palestinians’ right to resist, the MEP says Gaza has exposed a ‘complete divorce’ between governments and their publics Read Article HERE MEP Rima Hassan during the European Parliament Plenary, September 2024. (The […]
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Michael Roberts – 250 years: US from independence to empire: Part 3: From hegemony to decline
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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Michael Roberts – 250 YEARS: The United States – from independence to empire (part two)
The rise of ‘Pax Americana’. Read part 1 of this series, on the American revolution, here. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog It […]
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Norman Solomon – My Conversation With Karl Marx About Donald Trump
What Marx thought about the role of the individual in history. Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. The paperback edition of his latest book, War […]
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Michael Roberts – 250 years: The United States from independence to empire: Part 1: Revolution
The American revolution mobilised the popular classes against British rule, but only so that the elites could establish an independent capitalist state that would later rule the world. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the […]
EU politics
John Rees – 10 years on, Brexit’s legacy is universal disappointment
What neither side can admit is that neither Brexit UK nor the EU has achieved any success in the past decade. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a […]