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    CounterSpin

  • mp3Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
    Many corporate news reporters seem unable to present a labor action as other than an unwonted interruption of a natural order. The post Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »
  • Dehumanization Killed Jordan Neely—and Dominated Coverage of His Death
    Much of the corporate press refrained from framing Neely as a victim, and far-right media outlets went even further to excuse the killing. The post Dehumanization Killed Jordan Neely—and Dominated Coverage of His Death appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »
  • mp3Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges
    Some officials fully intend to treat anyone who stands in opposition to whatever they decide they want to do as enemies of the state. The post Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »
  • NYT Signals Lula’s Post-Bolsonaro Honeymoon Is Over
    Two New York Times pieces may represent a troubling narrative shift in the newspaper of record's Brazil coverage. The post NYT Signals Lula’s Post-Bolsonaro Honeymoon Is Over appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »
  • mp3Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption
    Whether the Supreme Court gets away with its rejection of ethics depends in part on journalists' willingness to stick with the stories. The post Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption appeared first on FAIR.... Read more »
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    Michael Hudson

  • Achieving by Undermining
    RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 10th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show in which we discuss the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And as last time, we have once again with us today, Professor Mick... Read more »
  • The Arc of Time: Pro-Creditor History
    “Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world,” Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report, May 25, 2023.  BEN NORTON: Hi, everyone. I’m Ben Norton of Geopolitical Economy Report, and today I have the great pleasure of speaking with a friend of the show,... Read more »
  • VideoNeo-Liberal Machine Corners Ukraine, EU
    “Ukraine’s neoliberalism on steroids, Europe’s economic suicide,” Geopolitical Hour 9, May 15, 2023.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bF3QkHIB7I RADHIKA DESAI: Hello everyone and welcome to this ninth Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show on the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson.  RADHIKA DESAI: And... Read more »
  • Pepe Escobar’s review of The Collapse of Antiquity
    Pepe Escobar: “US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse,” Sputnik International, May 15, 2023. Prof. Michael Hudson’s new book, “The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point” is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic... Read more »
  • Krugman Clings to Currency Tropes
    In this conversation with Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton, economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system. Hudson also discussed the ongoing US banking crisis and collapse of four... Read more »
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    Mother Jones

  • Ron DeSantis Can’t Stop Smearing Asylum Seekers
    Ron DeSantis is running for president as the man who took on two magical kingdoms. The first, as my colleague Pema Levy recently documented in a profile for the magazine, is Disney World. The second is Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts that’s a summertime haven for... Read more »
  • Automatic Emergency Braking Could Be Coming to a Car Near You
    In a move lauded by safe streets advocates, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a new rule this morning that would require automatic emergency braking (AEB) on new cars and light trucks. AEB uses sensors to detect objects in a car’s path, like pedestrians or other vehicles, and automatically brakes... Read more »
  • All Floridians Should Be Worried About DeSantis’ New Anti-Immigration Law
    Guadalupe de la Cruz, director of the Florida chapter of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), wasn’t surprised when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed one of the most restrictive anti-immigration laws in the country this May. After all, DeSantis already championed legislation banning sanctuary cities in the state and engineered political... Read more »
  • Federal EV Incentives Are Designed All Wrong, Experts Say
    This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Given America’s penchant for gas-guzzling pickup trucks and SUVs, you might be surprised to learn that the country’s gasoline usage is going down, maybe for good. Even though only about 1 percent of cars on the... Read more »
  • Environmentalists Are Livid Over Tentative Debt-Ceiling Deal
    This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The deal to raise the US debt ceiling will have significant ramifications for the climate and nature, by fast-tracking a controversial gas pipeline in West Virginia and limiting the scope of environmental reviews for future developments, environmentalists have... Read more »
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