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Everything that happens in a dominant country within the world system is important to the world. If the event is dramatic or dramatized, that importance increases. The U.S. midterm elections
The recent Israeli elections are a grotesque spectacle. They are grotesque because Israel is a state perpetrating genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, cheered on by most of its
Many of the āliberalā pundits speaking about the Blue Tsunami – with the Democratic Party capturing a sizeable majority in both houses of congress – assumed the tone of hometown
Elon Muskās vast wealth is often described in hypotheticals ā by imagining the good things he could do with all that money, but doesnāt. Like paying the salaries of every American made jobless
The sudden collapse of Paraguayās Ueno Bank has triggered an unprecedented shockwave, paralyzing the countryās economy. The digital bank was the processor of roughly two-thirds of all electronic transactions at
First published at Walden Belloās Facebook page. I am sharing these thoughts a few days after Lula da Silvaās impressive electoral victory in Brazil. Democracy was under threat from fascism
In this livestream taking place the day after the US midterms, Naomi Klein (author and Guardian columnist), Astra Taylor and Yanis Varoufakis discuss what the vote tells us about the
In a telephone interview on Fox News on the morning of November 3, President Donald Trump revealed that a deal had been struck with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to
Israelās general election last week unmasked beyond question the Westās much-cherished fiction of Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state”. That Israelās democratic pretensions are taken seriously should in itself
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the myth of the American swing voter ahead of the midterms, reveal why escalating youth riots across Europe
Defeating authoritarian politicians at the ballot box does not dismantle the systems of power that made their rise possible. With the Democratic Partyās landslide victory, a day of reckoning appears
Last nightās results were a historic victory for working people and a devastating blow to Trumpism. Savor the moment! After so much cruelty and darkness, millions of people have gotten
