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Murder Incorporated
Murder Incorporated Murder Incorporated is a three-book series by Mumia Abu Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, which I can highly recommend based on the first book. The other two are not out yet. Book One, “Dreaming of Empire,” is a critique of U.S. imperialism, a debunking of U.S. nationalist myths, a corrective or alternative history of […]
Trump, Tariffs and Trade Deficits
Trump, Tariffs and Trade Deficits “The Chinese are raping us” and “Canada is killing our farmers”! Such melodramatic claims from Trump resonate with many Americans, because the effects of globalization have been devastating for half the population. To his credit, Trump has been harping on trade deficit for thirty years – he was complaining about […]
America’s Debt Dependence Makes It An Easy Economic Target
America’s Debt Dependence Makes It An Easy Economic Target There is a classic denial tactic that many people use when confronted with negative facts about a subject they have a personal attachment to; I would call it “deferral denial” — or a psychological postponing of reality. For example, point out the fundamentals on the U.S. economy […]
U.S.-China Trade War Will Hurt Shale Drillers
U.S.-China Trade War Will Hurt Shale Drillers President Trump is back on his warhorse called Tariffs, yesterday announcing he was considering the introduction of a 10-percent levy on Chinese goods worth US$200 billion. The latest escalation in the tariff exchange, however, is a little bit different than all the others so far. It’s different because […]
White House Accuses China Of “Persistent Economic Espionage And Aggression”
White House Accuses China Of “Persistent Economic Espionage And Aggression” In what Bloomberg billed as the White House’s “latest salvo in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies”, the Trump administration released a 35-page report late last night fleshing out its national security concerns emanating from China’s theft of intellectual properties as well […]
Russia Warns: Increased US Marine Corps Presence In Norway Could Be Viewed As An Attack
Russia Warns: Increased US Marine Corps Presence In Norway Could Be Viewed As An Attack Russia is hinting that a new wave of U.S. Marines in Norway, near the Russian border in the Troms region, could be viewed as an attack, the MarineTimes reported. Last week, the Russian Embassy in Norway warned of consequences for the latest […]
Outrage
Outrage Paul Gauguin Why are you angry? 1896 Yes, you have every right to be outraged at the disgraceful treatment of children on America’s borders. But that does not give you the right to NOT be outraged by what America has done and is today still doing to children in, just to name a few […]
It’s Time To Start Getting Enraged At What Western Imperialists Have Done To Syria
It’s Time To Start Getting Enraged At What Western Imperialists Have Done To Syria Rumors are again swirling of an impending false flag chemical weapons attack in Syria, just as they did shortly before the highly suspicious Douma case in April. Warnings from Syrian and Russian intelligence, as well as US war ship movements and an uptick […]
Russia Sells Off Record Amount of US Treasury Bonds
Russia Sells Off Record Amount of US Treasury Bonds The US Treasury Department report for April published on June 15 revealed that Russia sold $47.4 billion out of the $96.1 it had held in Treasury bonds (T-bonds). In March, Moscow cut its Treasury holdings by $1.6 billion. In February, Russia reduced its bond portfolio by $9.3 billion. Other holders […]
Here Are The Six Ways China Could Retaliate In Trade War With The U.S.
Here Are The Six Ways China Could Retaliate In Trade War With The U.S. It’s all about the trade war between the US and China this morning, and more specifically, how will Xi retaliate to Trump. For those who missed the overnight fireworks, late on Monday, President Trump asked the US Trade Representative to identify […]
India Joins the Tariff War: The Party is Just Starting!
India Joins the Tariff War: The Party is Just Starting! In response to Trump’s tariffs on steel, India will put tariffs on Harley motorcycles, lentils, and almonds. Following the well-established belief that “trade wars are easy to win”, India counters Trump tariffs, to hike duty on US bikes, almonds, apples. India has proposed to raise […]
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World In a strange case of reversed roles Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, tried to convince US president Donald Trump to return to his lost path of globalization and international trade agreements in an impassionate speech she gave at the Foreign Policy Forum last June […]
Unprecedented Israeli Strikes Target Iraqi Shia Militias In Syria
Unprecedented Israeli Strikes Target Iraqi Shia Militias In Syria A day after a mysterious airstrike close to the Iraq-Syria border reportedly killed over 30 Syrian government soldiers and Iraqi paramilitary forces backed by Iran, a US official has told CNN the attack was carried out by Israel and not by the US coalition. Syrian state […]
How the last superpower was unchained
How the last superpower was unchained Think of it as the all-American version of the human comedy: a great power that eternally knows what the world needs and offers copious advice with a tone deafness that would be humorous, if it weren’t so grim. If you look, you can find examples of this just about […]
