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Michael Hudson: Trump’s Sanctions Are Deepening The Dollar Crisis | GEH w/ Radhika Desai
Hello and welcome to another Geopolitical Economy Hour, the socialist and anti-imperialist conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times. You’re watching Geopolitical Economy Hour, and I’m Radhika Desai, geopolitical economist. Today’s show is one of my fortnightly conversations with Professor Michael Hudson, who you see here. Welcome, Michael. Continue reading
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NATO to Double or Triple US Nuclear Sharing Warheads, Normalize a Confrontation Which Could Lead to Thermonuclear War
NATO is no longer even bothering to hide that it wants to expand its nuclear footprint on the “old continent”. Namely, the most aggressive racketeering cartel in recorded history is sliding into an increasingly dangerous nuclear posture, with the shift being sold as “routine deterrence”. In reality, the change is a deliberate widening of escalation… Continue reading
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Independent Media & the New McCarthyism
Thursday, 27 August 2026 — Defending Rights & Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent convenes a panel of experts to discuss recent attacks on journalists amid the Trump admin’s wider crackdown on dissent in the United States. Continue reading
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The salad monopoly behind the parasite
By Aug. 21, the Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms had sickened 10,930 people in 17 states, hospitalized 454 and killed two. The illnesses began June 14 and continued through Aug. 11. Continue reading
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We Dig into the Soil of Our Radical Traditions: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2026)
When imperialism turns knowledge, technology, and art into instruments of submission, radical traditions teach another lesson: oppressed peoples can seize those tools and transform them into weapons of liberation. Continue reading
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The government wants to turn off free access to TV channels
The Government is threatening to switch off Freeview – the free telly you get from an ordinary aerial. If they get their way, millions could be forced to pay for expensive broadband or lose their TV entirely. The move risks leaving older people, those in rural areas, and anyone feeling the pinch isolated and priced… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report August 26, 2026
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 — Black Agenda Report Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner Meeting Reveals Ugly Truths About U.S. Politics Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist If the Democratic Party prevails in the midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries will become the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But his decision to meet with Jared… Continue reading
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Iran SMASHES Trump’s ‘Financial Offensive,’ 15 US Bases DESTROYED | Patrick Henningsen
Geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen discusses the devastating Iranian response to Trump and Bessent’s “financial offensive” plus the major backlash this dangerous new phase of war is set to bring to US empire & the world. Continue reading
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PEPE:Maximum Pressure Just BACKFIRED in Bessent’s Face.Iran Secretly Invited Into the MECC PACT
Monday, 24 August 2026 — Transition Protocol Ten minutes before we went to air, sources inside the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader told us that Speaker Ghalibaf was discussing Pakistan’s invitation for Iran to become the fourth member of the Mecca Pact — hours before Field Marshal Asim Munir landed in Tehran. In this emergency… Continue reading
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Detained For 300-Plus Days, Journalist Shot By ICE Could Lose Arm
In December, a United States judge dismissed the case against detained journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias with prejudice, ruling that the U.S. government had deprived Parias of access to counsel prior to his trial. There was no other “remedy.” Continue reading
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235 years of capitalist revenge against Haiti
The Trump regime’s mass deportations of Haitian people have begun. A planeload of more than 160 expelled Haitians landed in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Aug. 20. Continue reading
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What kind of people are these Israelis?
🚨Israeli Settlers Stole & Tied A Donkey Up To Vehicle, Forcing It To Run Until Exhaustion Continue reading
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Unmarked graves haunt Gaza’s genocide survivors
In Gaza, thousands of families are unaware of the whereabouts of their loved ones. They remain unsure whether their children, spouses, or parents are being tortured in an Israeli dungeon, have been murdered and kept in a freezer in Israel, or have been buried unidentified in an unmarked grave. Continue reading
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Israeli PR Firm Hanover set up to Influence ChatGPT on Gaza
Israel Spent $1 Million Through NY-based Firm Piro To Influence AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT & Perplexity On Gaza Related Responses Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 21 August 2026
Friday, 21 August 2026 — GM Watch UK: Hollywood actor seeks help from vicar for series A Shropshire vicar played a key role in a new two-part BBC documentary featuring Welsh Hollywood actor Michael Sheen’s investigation into toxic waste dumps. The Rev Paul Cawthorne is also a long time environmental campaigner. He began looking into… Continue reading
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How Explaining Russia’s Motivations Became Taboo in the West
Narrative control has seemingly rendered our societies incapable of distinguishing between ‘explanation’ and ‘justification’. There is overwhelming evidence that Russia has considered NATO expansionism to be the main security threat since the end of the Cold War, and that Russia has considered NATO’s incursion into Ukraine to be an existential threat. Yet, our political-media establishment… Continue reading
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The Personal is Geopolitical
The world is undergoing profound change. For many Americans, this change is intense, overwhelming, and confusing. Many don’t recognize it’s happening due to the pro-US hegemony and empire propaganda blitz they’re fed everyday coupled with the economic and social alienation of material reality in the “USA.” Yet it’s still happening. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Ultranationalist War On History
Over the past two decades, hardline Ukrainian ultranationalists have waged an ever-escalating war on history at home and abroad, with dramatic, world-changing consequences. In the country itself, a highly repressive legal apparatus is increasingly enforcing dangerously skewed narratives of Kiev’s near and distant past, with excessive criminal penalties even for those who unwittingly fall foul… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 20 August 2026
Thursday, 20 August 2026 — GMWatch Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic. David Morens, who had worked under… Continue reading
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The West on the Path to World War
The most important question of social systems is what creates order by managing competing interests? In international security, we must therefore ask the question: How do we manage the competing security interests of states? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 