A long read on the consequences of the current Strait of Hormuz crisis. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Announcing that “A whole civilization [...]
The two-week ceasefire is nearly over and we are no closer to a deal than when it started. The US will have to take Iran’s 10 points seriously if an economic catastrophe is to be [...]
People are increasingly getting their information from profit-driven chatbots which present their recommendations as full-proof when they are anything but. Carsten Eickhoff is a Professor of Medical Data Science and Computer Science at the University [...]
18 April 2026 On April 16, the Trump administration forced the Israeli military to cease its attacks on Lebanon as part of an agreement with Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz. This marked [...]
Their unprovoked War of Aggression against Iran may do to American colonialism what Suez did to the British and the French Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to [...]
The only way that we can have 3.0% inflation or higher, is if the profit share continually rises. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from [...]
It is the people of the Global South, not governments, who must resist this subversion of the concepts of the ‘nation’ and of non-alignment. Prabhat Patnaik is Professor Emeritus, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, [...]
Yesterday, Friday, Trump made a series of wild claims regarding negotiations with Iran. Iran has replied that they are all bullshit. Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner [...]
Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early [...]
