Globalisation
Ben Wray: The Battle to Control Microchip Supplies Will Define the Twenty-First Century
Review of Chris Miller’s new book ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’ in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
United States
Inequality
Chris Hedges: The Brutality of Identity Politics Devoid of Class Consciousness
Diversity is important. But diversity, when devoid of a political agenda that fights the oppressor on behalf of the oppressed, is window dressing. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent […]
Uncategorized
Matt Karp: We can’t ignore class dealignment
Data shows left-wing politics is increasingly isolated from its traditional base among the working class. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Chris Hedges – Ukraine: The War that Went Wrong
Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent gives his assessment of the Ukraine war, on his Substack. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Robert H. Wade: How will the Russia-Ukraine war end?
Neither the US, Ukraine nor Russia is likely to get their desired end goal from the war, so the quicker serious peace negotiations begin the more lives can be saved. Robert H. Wade is Professor […]
EU politics
Baher Kamal – US installs new nukes in Europe: As destructive as 83 Hiroshima bombs
Mainstream media has hardly even noticed that the United States has just installed more powerful nuclear weapons in Europe. Baher Kamal is an Egyptian-born, Spanish national, secular journalist, publisher and editor of Human Wrongs Watch with nearly five […]
EU politics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies: What Steps Can the US Take to Foster Peace Talks in Ukraine?
Some sensible proposals for what the United States could put on the table if it really wanted to support peace negotiations. But it doesn’t. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for […]
EU politics
Patrick Cockburn: Ukraine May Secure a Victory Against Russia in Name, But the World won’t Escape the War’s Aftermath
Russia’s war has proven to be a huge strategic blunder, but the country still has military options and the damage to Europe only grows greater Cross-posted from Counterpunch Seldom in European history has an invading […]
Corruption
Branko Marcetic: Why the Twitter Files Are in Fact a Big Deal
While some on the left want to dismiss the Twitter Files due to who and how they have been reported on, they reveal the ongoing merger of social media companies with the US state. Read […]
Energy
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume: The Radioactive Legacy of the Cold War
The Hanford Nuclear Site in the US remains a radioactive threat despite the final reactor being shutdown in 1987. Cross-posted from Counterpunch That the world hasn’t been the same since the ignition of the Atomic […]