July 12, 2022
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Ukraine News Links 11-12 July 2022
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 • 17:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and Continue reading
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Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization – Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place
The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors. All antiquity recognized that the drive to acquire money is addictive and indeed tends to be exploitative and hence socially injurious. The moral values of most societies opposed… Continue reading
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Political False Dichotomies: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
You may vote and debate freely on any issue which does not affect the functioning of the empire. When it comes to how money, weapons and resources move around the world, however, you suddenly find that your votes don’t matter and your position has no mainstream representation. They’ll let you argue until you’re blue in the… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2022
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Summer reading for greens and reds. New books on work, extractive industry., empire, pandemics, organizing, and socialism Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that Continue reading
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Crashing a Continent
This week has seen the euro plummet against the dollar as well as the German government publishing pretty dire figures and with even worse prospects, affairs in Europe are bleak. This article will examine why this is and what can be expected from both East and West over coming months. Continue reading
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No, Iran Will Not Deliver Armed Drones To Russia
In March this year we were treated to an onslaught of obviously false claims that China would deliver weapons to Russia for the fight in Ukraine. Continue reading
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US Activities in Ukraine are a Smoke Screen for Clearly Criminal Bioresearch
As has been repeatedly pointed out by many media, the United States has long shown the world its disregard for international norms and its willingness to wage war with weapons of mass destruction anywhere in the world. Continue reading
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