Author Archives: Conor Gallagher
Could Chinese Control Over Strategic Minerals Coupled with US Corruption Cripple the Sputtering US War Machine?
China tightens its grip on materials necessary for US military and its proxies as Washington turns to those who squandered American advantages to fix the problem — or profit from it.
Read more...Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
History shows that there are many ways we can live together. An overview of some of the options from Nika Dubrovsky and David Graeber.
Read more...Links 12/3/2024
Erdogan Backstabs His Way Into Center of Middle East Conflict
Ankara’s ongoing support for extremist paramilitary groups in Syria threatens ties with Russia and China, and by aiding Israel he insults the Turkish people who overwhelmingly oppose US-Israel actions in the region.
Read more...EU Nears Finish Line on Trade Deal With South American Bloc in an Effort to Deal Blow to China
It’s unlikely to do much vis-à-vis China, but will be bad news for the environment and majority of Europeans already reeling from Ursula’s other strategic “victories.”
Read more...Links 11/25/2024
Data Centers Highlight the Limits of Renewable Energy Scaling
Data centers are an obstacle that torpedoes the whole idea of a transition offensive against hydrocarbons.
Read more...Links 11/24/2024
The Wars Come Home
Silicon Valley looks to bring tech used in conflicts abroad back to American shores.
Read more...After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called ‘Big F U to Climate Justice’
Critics of the “COP of false solutions” said that instead of much-needed funding, developing nations got “a global Ponzi scheme that the private equity vultures and public relations people will now exploit.”
Read more...Links 11/20/2024
Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel
What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?
Read more...Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises
EU set to double down on vassalage to US, which is causing its problems in the first place.
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