Monthly Archives: June 2023

The End of the “Golden Age” of Capitalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism by Tomasz Konicz

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/30/18857125.php THE END OF THE “GOLDEN AGE” OF CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF NEOLIBERALISM A Short History of the Worldwide Economic Crisis, Part I By Tomasz Konicz [This article published in the German-English cyber journal Telepolis, 11/24/2008 is translated from … Continue reading

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The long prehistory of Russia’s war of aggression by Matthew Hoh

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/28/18857104.php This analysis is intended to convey that this war was not unprovoked and that decades of U.S. and NATO actions prepared the ground for a military conflict – a war long desired by some megalomaniacs and war profiteers in … Continue reading

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Authoritarian Capitalism by Ingar Solty

Authoritarian Capitalism by Ingar Solty https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/40881/authoritarian-capitalism/ The banks and auto corporations were bailed out and rescued and the ensuing public debt was invoked in order to cut public expenditures on health care, education, pensions, and public salaries. Authoritarian Capitalism Is … Continue reading

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The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/22/18856990.php The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles by Ulrich Guhi [This article posted in June 2023 is translated abridged from the German on the Internet, Rot Fuchs June 2023.] https://rotfuchs.net/files/rotfuchs-ausgaben-pdf/2023/RF-305-06-23.pdf When I was recently on the Internet, more and … Continue reading

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Rethinking in a time of superiority conceit

1) What is the role of the state? Mary Wood, Prof of Environmental Law at the Univ of Oregon, Eugene, wrote “Nature’s Trust” and posits that the state should protect nature for coming generations as nature’s trust. Haven’t we had … Continue reading

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Who determines the rules of the “rules-based world order”? by Peter Novak

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/20/18856938.php Who determines the rules of the “rules-based world order”? International Anti-War by Peter Novak Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States – as well as the European Union with G7 observer status – that … Continue reading

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Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty)

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/18/18856904.php Inequality is not an accident. It’s not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to … Continue reading

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Homelessness: Structural Violence in a Rich Country by Christoph Butterwegge

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/15/18856612.php Homelessness- Structural Violence in a Rich Country by Christoph Butterwegge [This article posted on 5/23/2022 is translated abridged from the German on the Internet, Rot Fuchs May 2023.] https://rotfuchs.net/files/rotfuchs-ausgaben-pdf/2023/RF-305-06-23.pdf Alongside starving, thirsting, freezing persons and persons lacking basic medical … Continue reading

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In Ukraine, it’s coming down to an endless war of position – John J. Mearsheimer

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/13/18856571.php Russia sees itself as existentially threatened – regardless of whether NATO and the West ever had and have in mind to attack Russia. What is relevant is what the Russian leadership and the majority of Russians are convinced of. … Continue reading

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Loss of reality and bellicism by Andreas Urban

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/06/18856465.php https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/06/18856465.php Loss of reality and bellicism by Andreas Urban Ukraine is “worn out” here, which is supposed to fight a proxy war “until the last Ukrainian” and is equipped for this with weapons, ammunition, financial means, etc., in the … Continue reading

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