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The rule of the oligarchs and machines is here
2025 is set to be the ‘break-out year’ for artificial intelligence.
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Twisting the terrorism narrative
Just as soon as Western powers installed terrorists to power in Damascus, examples of terrorist blowback immediately followed in the U.S., with some very strange details.
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Disaster Nationalism is the new fascism
Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.
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Mexico prepares its consulates in the U.S. to face Trump’s mass deportations
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirms support for migrants amid Trump’s deportation plans, and proposes a regional summit to address the causes of immigration.
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Genocidal president, genocidal politics
When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.”
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Goals behind Trump’s tariffs: cut taxes on rich & escalate new cold war on China
Donald Trump’s tariffs will not reduce U.S. public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.
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Wikileaks has just put all its files online. It’s all there!
Wikileaks has just put all its files online.
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The case against ‘Western’ Marxism
RICHARD CLARKE applauds the assertion that Western Marxism represents a withdrawal from action to change the world into the academy.
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How the Foreign Agents law is used to silence American dissidents
Democrats speak of the fight against “Russian disinformation,” while the Republicans pledge to combat “fake news” about Israel.
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The curious case of strengthening dollar, falling rupee
The primary cause of the rupee’s depreciation is the preference of the Indian rich to hold their wealth in the form of U.S. dollars rather than in Indian rupees.
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Marco Rubio: From ‘perfect little puppet’ to most dangerous man alive
Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.
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China imposes sanctions on U.S. defense contractors for selling arms to Taiwan
China alleges that the U.S. approach to Taiwan is guided by “cold war zero sum mentality” which violates its own declared commitments to the “one-China policy” and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.
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Is U.S. democracy a sham? Biden gave us the answer. Were you listening?
The emperor, we are now told, was naked all along.
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Washington funnels more than $22 billion in military support to Israel’s genocidal war machine since October 2023
Over all, Washington has provided the regime with $310 billion in military and economic aid, which has been regularly adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think tank.
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The U.S. sees China through the dark mirror of its own unbridled aggression
As China grows and prospers many in the U.S. want us to believe that China will follow the same path that the U.S. itself pursued–global military aggression, the overthrow of numerous governments around the world and persecution of minorities at home. (A repost from February 2023.)
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The tears of our children: The First Newsletter (2025)
A study came out in December that made me cry.
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Luigi Mangione and the morality of killing
Kieran Allen delves into the establishment spectacle of condemnation surrounding Luigi Mangione, who has gained folk hero status after allegedly assassinating Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care. Allen explores the morally bankrupt world of private health insurance, where companies like United Health Care prioritize profit over people’s lives on a daily basis, leading to thousands of preventable deaths.
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U.S. credit card defaults at highest level since Great Recession
Credit card defaults in the U.S. reached their highest level since the 2008 financial crash during the first nine months of 2024, according to figures compiled by BankRegData and cited in a recent Financial Times article.
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Mauritius challenges UK over Chagos Islands deal
Negotiations have also been influenced by India, which supports Mauritius due to shared cultural and historical ties.
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Homelessness in U.S. has doubled under Biden
The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023.