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With zero evidence, NPR suggests Trump may ‘work for working class’ in second term
“Can Trump’s Second Act Work for the Working Class While Giving Back to His Super Donors?” asks NPR.com
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AI is bad for the environment, and the problem is bigger than energy consumption
The collective energy demand of data centres in the United States is so high that Microsoft recently reached a deal to reopen Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in American history.
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Trump reiterates plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza following Netanyahu meeting at White House
On Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump in The White House during his second term. During the meeting, Trump doubled down on previous suggestions to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
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The Ayacucho Commune: The impact of the U.S. blockade on Amazonian Fisherfolk (Part III)
Communards living by the Orinoco River talk about the impact of U.S. sanctions on their work and lives.
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Unprecedented anti-fascist, anti-racist march against Milei
One million people mobilized in the City of Buenos Aires–according to the organizers–as a result of the fuse lit by the LGBT community.
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Trump’s threats expose Canada’s utter dependency on the U.S.
The immediate task for Canada should be to delink from the United States and the American Empire.
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In Syria, the lunatics are running the asylum
As the dust settles in regime-changed Syria, a new reality emerges–one where the victors are not liberators, but former Al-Qaeda warlords restyled in suits, shaking hands with world leaders, and reshaping the state in their own sectarian image.
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Venezuelan opposition diverted $116 million delivered by USAID
These funds were delivered during Guaido’s ‘interim government’ as ‘humanitarian aid’ through an NGO that belong to politicians who live without working abroad.
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Canadian hands in Congo drip with the blood of millions
Ottawa has stayed silent on Rwandan aggression while continuing to back Africa’s most ruthless regime led by Paul Kagame.
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Trump’s Executive Orders – The return of Cold War repression
In 1950, Nevada Democratic Senator Pat McCarran said he wanted to save the United States from communism and “Jewish interests.”
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The forever charade
Gitmo, Yesterday, Today… and Tomorrow
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In major expansion of U.S. nuclear buildup, Trump orders construction of nationwide missile defense system
The executive order “directs implementation of a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missile, and other next-generation aerial attacks.”
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Odious Debt with Edward Jones Corredera
Money on the Left speaks with Edward Jones Corredera, author of Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2024). What are fallen tyrants owed? What makes debt illegitimate? And when is bankruptcy moral? Odious Debt shows how Latin American nations have wrestled with the morality of indebtedness and insolvency since their foundation, and outlines how Latin America’s forgotten history of contestation can shed new light on seemingly intractable contemporary dilemmas.
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USA Israel Germany: Berlin Bulletin No. 230, January 31, 2025
2025 started off with many a bang.