Biden: "It's Time To End This Forever War."
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/14/2021 - 7:47pmI hate Biden, but I'd be a hypocrite to not acknowledge that he's on the verge of doing something very right.
I hate Biden, but I'd be a hypocrite to not acknowledge that he's on the verge of doing something very right.
Monday's Open Thread was a reminder the current Chinese Civil War began 95 years ago between the Chinese Nationalist and Chinese Communist Party. There has not been an official end to the conflict.
1927 – Chiang Kai-shek ordered the massacre of Chinese Communists in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
March 30, 2021 via the Popular Resistance newsletter
In this second round of conversation, Professor Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar discuss the emerging economic world order which they define not so much as a conflict between nations, but a rivalry between two competing models of the economy. The finance capital driven model of the West with a domination of the FIRE sector, versus the mixed economy model represented by China and Russia which seeks to rein in rent seeking, combined with public banking and state funded infrastructure to support market compliant industrial development. In Professor Hudson’s view, this model was advocated by classical economists, from Mill, Ricardo, to Henry George; and is largely responsible for the West’s past successes.
Along the beaches of Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf lies a series of gumdrop-esque abodes.
Bryan MacDonald's thread is a good opportunity to update our list of all the issues, ideas and things Russia has weaponized.
Dolphins. @guardian & French state-run @AFP, this time. pic.twitter.com/KrDK5SUmaB