https://znetwork.org/author/ashleysmith/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/ashleysmith/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prioritizing-great-power-rivalry-with-china-trumps-strategy-to-reassert-us-dominance/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prioritizing-great-power-rivalry-with-china-trumps-strategy-to-reassert-us-dominance/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:54:09 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287161 The Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to the existing domestic and international order. All the damage it has done can appear to be just a cynical smash and grab operation for Donald Trump and his fellow lumpen capitalist cronies. It is that, but it is not just that. The rational core of Trump’s project is laid out by the Heritage [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/prioritizing-great-power-rivalry-with-china-trumps-strategy-to-reassert-us-dominance/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/block-squander-disorganize/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/block-squander-disorganize/#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:58:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272922 This article is a response to Profiles in Political Cowardice: Tempest and the National Leadership of DSA by Max Elbaum, published by ZNetwork on September 10th. Max Elbaum departed from the norms of comradely debate in “Profiles in Political Cowardice,” in which he attacks Tempest and the DSA leadership for not voting and campaigning for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/block-squander-disorganize/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trapped-in-the-democratic-party/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trapped-in-the-democratic-party/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252555 President Joe Biden has made “Bidenomics” the centerpiece of his reelection campaign, touting it as an explicit break with Ronald Reagan’s “trickle-down economics” and a return to FDR’s New Deal policies. 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