Liberalism Is Not the Opposite of Conservatism
How debates over liberalism and conservatism obscure the core issue: Why does capital control labor, and not labor capital?
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Bernie Sanders to Warren Buffett: Give Rail Workers Better Conditions to Avoid Strike
Buffett’s huge railroad gains versus the terrible pay and benefits for rail workers curiously go unmenitoned by Team Dem as a strike looms
Read more...Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin Talk Past Each Other as Ukraine Pushes for Formalizing Ukraine’s NATO Lite Status
NATO is saber-rattling at Putin and the Russian leadership. Will Russia escalate or wait to see NATO’s cards?
Read more...Why The EU Is Struggling To Bring Its Energy Crisis Under Control
Why the EU is hitting a wall.
Read more...Final Opinion Polls Before the Italian Elections Show Parties Are Out of Step With Voters on Russia Sanctions
The final opinion before the 25 September Italian elections show that Italian political parties are disconnected from the electorate on the issue of sanctions on Russia.
Read more...Fog of War, Military and Economic
Some questions about quality of Ukraine war commentary.
Read more...How Biden Could Use the Tennessee Valley Authority to Address the Climate Crisis
One often overlooked area of authority is the federal government’s ability to use the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to pursue clean energy goals.
Read more...A Moment of Silence
Why a moment of silence is not enough.
Read more...New Study More Than Triples Estimated Costs of Climate Change Damages
A new Nature study lends weight to the idea that federal agencies could be much more aggressive in regulating climate pollutants.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Student Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine Disaster Capitalism, Petrodollar Challenge
Michael Hudson gives a newswap with Ben Norton: student debt forgiveness, inflation, Ukraine, dollar rows, and the death of the Queen
Read more...Queen Elizabeth II: A Moderniser Who Steered the British Monarchy into the 21st Century
A long sweep of Elizabeth II’s reign.
Read more...EU Wrangling Over Energy Plans That Amount to Band-Aid Over Gunshot Wound
Even with energy-hungry businesses shuttering or reducting operations, most EU officials don’t grasp how bad things will become.
Read more...Truss Energy Shambles
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.
Read more...Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
Read more...Chokepoint Capitalism Strangles Us All
Capitalism works in insidiuous ways.
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