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The Pentagon Expands Its Provocative Encirclement of China
The Pentagon Expands Its Provocative Encirclement of China It failed to make headlines, but the recent change in name of the U.S. Pacific Command is an ominous sign of a coming U.S. confrontation with China, argues Michael T. Klare. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a momentous shift in American global strategic policy in […]
Localization: a strategic alternative to globalized authoritarianism
Localization: a strategic alternative to globalized authoritarianism For those who care about peace, equality and the future of the planet, the global political swing to the right over the past few years is deeply worrying. It has us asking ourselves, how did this happen? How did populism turn into such a divisive and destructive force? […]
China’s Oil Trade Retaliation is Iran’s Gain
China’s Oil Trade Retaliation is Iran’s Gain I’ve told you that once you start down the Trade War path forever will it dominate your destiny. Well here we are. Trump slaps big tariffs on aluminum and steel in a bid to leverage Gary Cohn’s ICE Wall plan to control the metals and oils futures markets. I’m […]
Trade End Game Scenarios: Boycott Treasuries vs Yuan Devaluation
Trade End Game Scenarios: Boycott Treasuries vs Yuan Devaluation Since there is no longer any reasonable debate about a trade war having started, let’s investigate how it ends. End Game Analysis The end-game retaliation comes via a global boycott of the Treasury auctions. Foreign entities fund half the US fiscal deficit, which is set to […]
Getting Ready for Nuclear War
Getting Ready for Nuclear War Although many people have criticized the bizarre nature of Donald Trump’s diplomacy with North Korea, his recent lovefest with Kim Jong Un does have the potential to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. Even so, buried far below the mass media coverage of the summit […]
Italy challenges the Western order
Italy challenges the Western order The EU is under a lot of strain With a massive influx of immigrants from across Africa and the Middle East, and growing poverty, Italy voted in a populist government representing policies which would seem to virtually overturn the postwar European order. The austerity measures which have been imposed upon […]
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 […]
