April 4, 2025
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SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS AS THURSDAY’S MARKET ROUT EXTENDS INTO FRIDAY
Friday, 4 April 2025 — ucanbpolitical The rout in the markets continued on Friday. One cause was China’s retaliation including slapping 34% retaliatory tariffs on US goods. It’s something I pointed to in my preceding article under the heading; the three conditions needed to precipitate an actual Crash. Whether countries rebuff the US or capitulate Continue reading
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The Zionist Movement is a Global Threat
It was a privilege to speak with David Miller , one of the foremost scholars on Islamophobia and the Zionist Movement’s insidious influence globally, beyond the borders of Palestine and the West Asia region. Continue reading
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Iran Defies Trump’s Ultimatum and Threat of War
I had the pleasure to speak with Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a professor, an analyst and advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiation team. Prof. Marandi discusses Iran’s rejection of Trump’s ultimatum and the possible nuclear escalation. Continue reading
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Trump’s Threats Against Iran Exposes US Continuity of Agenda
The Trump administration has given Iran a two-month ultimatum for a new nuclear deal, as part of a longstanding U.S. strategy to isolate and weaken Iran in the region. Continue reading
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Will the UN Pillory Francesca Albanese?
The renewal of a Special Rapporteur mandate after three years for an additional and final term of three years completes six years of unpaid voluntary service to the UNHuman Rights Council. Having known many SRs, especially during my own six years as SR for Occupied Palestine (2008-2014), I encountered not a single case of non-renewal… Continue reading
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Yemeni Missiles Hit US Warships! Middle East on Edge! | Pepe Escobar
Friday, 4 April 2025 — Dialog Works Continue reading
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Trump’s tariffs – some facts and consequences (from various sources)
The overall impact of Trump’s tariff hikes is to raise the average tariff rate on US goods imports to 26%, the highest level in 130 years. Continue reading
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Trump wants a super bigot to be ambassador to South Africa
Donald Trump has nominated L. Brent Bozell III–who defended the white supremacist apartheid system–to be U.S. envoy to South Africa, whose people overthrew apartheid in 1994. Meanwhile, the apartheid nepo baby Elon Musk–whose daddy owned an emerald mine in Northern Rhodesia (now independent Zambia)—posted on X, “The legacy media never mentions white genocide in South… Continue reading
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Connecting the cuts: disability, borders and race
Last week, as highlighted in our calendar of racism and resistance, the government announced plans to cut at least £5 billion from disability benefits. Under such plans, over 370,000 people will lose their Personal Independence Payments (PIP), 3.2 million households will be worse off, 150,000 people will lose access to their carer’s allowance, and 250,000 people,… Continue reading
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Decline of Economy and Empire
I had a conversation with Professor of Economics Richard Wolff, a renowned critic of contemporary capitalism and a leading proponent of alternative economic models. We discussed the economic exhaustion and imperial overstretch by the US, which has now reached a critical point. The US has accumulated unsustainable debt and has excessive economic inequality, which has… Continue reading
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TRUMP CREATES A TARRIFIED WORLD WHICH WILL NOT MAKE AMERICA GREAT, BUT BREAK IT.
There are tariffs and there are tariffs. Tariffs applied to a youthful capitalism are to be sharply distinguished from those applied to a geriatric capitalism. The former is designed to catch up, the latter to stop falling further behind. A rising capitalism in an expanding world market can use tariffs as a means of shielding… Continue reading
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Tariff Mania: The US Helps China Destroy The Western Vassals
In recent years China has moved up the value chain while also selling more and more China-brand products as it moves beyond just being a cheap manufacturer for foreign brands. This deeply threatens the industrial strength of Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as well as other European nations. These vassal nations are the buttress… Continue reading