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‛The Pendulum Swings: The Slow Death of Europe’s Pro-Israel Consensus’; ‛Exit Ramps from the U.S.: New Coalitions of the Willing’: As allied confidence in U.S. commitments weakens, and as Trump signals that the lack of trust is mutual, governments are increasingly searching for alternatives.
‛Finance Capital in the Age of Aggression’: With the US and Israel declaring war on Iran, profits from defence production are set to increase. But finance capital is staying away and seeking higher yields elsewhere. Also: ‛Militarised AI, Private Credit, and Iran War’.
‛The Idea of the “Uyghur Genocide” and the Realities of Xinjiang’: According to the authors, there is no evidence of a policy of physical annihilation of the Uyghur peoples by the Chinese government – the hallmarks of a genocide. Also: ‛Dismissing China’s Repression in Xinjiang: A Reply to Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak’.
‘Washington Wants Out. Iran Isn’t Opening the Door’: Eleven days into Operation Epic Fury, Washington faces a problem it created for itself: how to exit a war it cannot win. Also: ‘Mojtaba’s Message to Trump: “Bring It On!”’; and: ‘Iran-US Conflict Turns into Prolonged Attrition’.
Rachel Reeves, Britain’s finance minister, recently claimed to have brought stability back and stopped austerity, but the figures tell a story of stagnation and unrelenting austerity.
The International Labour Organisation’s Employment and Social Trends 2026 report paints a stark picture of the conditions facing most of the world’s workers.
This essay examines the Social Character of Labour through a set of economic concepts and applies them to a contemporary example: Generative AI.
We need to begin building organized labor-community resistance to the unchecked development and deployment of these systems and support for a technology policy that prioritizes our health and safety, promotes worker empowerment, and ensures that humans can review and, when necessary, override AI decisions.
The 2020s have been “a good decade for billionaires”, according to Oxfam’s annual report on global wealth inequality. It’s somewhat of an understatement. In the first half of the decade, the number of billionaires passed 3,000 for the first time.
‘Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous “Board of Peace”’; ‘Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays’; ‘Is a Non-UN Conflict Resolution Framework Feasible, Desirable? Trump’s Board of Peace Is an Obstacle and Warning’.
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