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Trump’s untimely trade war: a left economist’s view
By Claudio Katz Katz is an economist, researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina, professor at the University of Buenos Aires and member of Economists of the Left (EDI). His website (for articles in Spanish) is: Claudio Katz. Translation: John Catalinotto Trump returned recharged — but not empowered. He signs…
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An essential view of the Communist Manifesto
Home » Revolutionary Theory and Practice » An essential view of the Communist Manifesto At a time when a regime 100% based on billionaires and representing their capitalist interests is challenging all movements for human rights in the United States, it is essential to examine the role of the class struggle in human history. Now,…
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Exporting Toxic Chemical Waste to Poor Countries Must End, Says UN
The practice of dumping banned, toxic chemical waste on poorer societies by big corporations in rich countries must end, say experts at the United Nations Human Rights Council. “In nearly every case there is no legitimate public interest justification,” said Baskut Tuncak, a Turkish-American UN special rapporteur on the environment and the disposal of toxic waste.…
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Leaked Wikileaks Doc Reveals How US Military Uses of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons
WASHINGTON – In a leaked military manual on “unconventional warfare” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, the U.S. Army states that major global financial institutions — such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — are used as unconventional, financial “weapons in times of conflict up to…
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Washington Just Injected Serious Cash and Weapons into Ukraine’s Far-Right Regime
Oh, what a lovely big stocking-filler for the Kiev regime this week from Washington. Just in time for Christmas too, and only weeks after President Petro Poroshenko tried to incite a war with Russia from a naval provocation in the Kerch Strait. First, we had US government envoy Kurt Volker announcing this week that an additional $250…
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Trump’s untimely trade war: a left economist’s view
By Claudio Katz Katz is an economist, researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina, professor at the University of Buenos Aires and member of Economists of the Left (EDI). His website (for articles in Spanish) is: Claudio Katz. Translation: John Catalinotto Trump returned recharged — but not empowered. He signs…
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An essential view of the Communist Manifesto
Home » Revolutionary Theory and Practice » An essential view of the Communist Manifesto At a time when a regime 100% based on billionaires and representing their capitalist interests is challenging all movements for human rights in the United States, it is essential to examine the role of the class struggle in human history. Now,…
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El proteccionismo a destiempo de Trump
Por Claudio Katz Economista, investigador del CONICET, profesor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, miembro del EDI. Su página web es: www.lahaine.org/katz Claudio Katz Trump volvió recargado, pero no empoderado. Firma un decreto tras otro y eleva el tono de sus bravuconadas, luego del pomposo espectáculo de su coronación. Con esa hiper actividad disfraza la…
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France, unable to cope with the shock of Donald Trump, by Thierry Meyssan
On February 20, French President Emmanuel Macron presented his vision of the conflict with Russia based on an inverted map of Ukraine: We are the good guys, they are the bad guys. February 12 French President Emmanuel Macron immediately reacted to the announcement of the US-Russia talks in Riyadh. He convened a meeting of his…