The illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is exposing the Oil-Dollar-Wall Street complex that binds oil, financial markets, and dollar power, with consequences that reach far beyond the region.
Vijay Prashad: The Petrodollar & the War on Iran
Tag: Wall Street
Hedges Report: Construction of the Surveillance State
Whitney Webb on how mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways under the Trump administration.
The Hostile Takeover of Gaza Relief
What’s entering Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, says Robert Inlakesh, it’s a Trojan horse.
The Chris Hedges Report: Technofeudalism
Yanis Varoufakis discusses his new book and the profound consequences of large portions of commerce shifting from capital markets to online platforms that function as digital fiefdoms.
UnitedHealthcare & Corporate Rule
Derek Seidman says the violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.
High-End US Donors Target an Antitrust Champion
Jim Hightower says a President Harris decision to keep or remove Lina Khan at the FTC will be an early measure of her commitment to economic democracy.
Pillaging by the Super-Rich
US Economic Pundits & Their Wall Street ‘Vibes’
The biggest problem, writes Les Leopold, is how to take the government back from the wealthy who dominate it.
The New ‘New World’
What happens when reality hits delusion? U.S. mythology and fantasy will remain resilient. Denial, doubling-down, scapegoating, recrimination and more audacious adventures are the instinctive responses, writes Michael Brenner.
The Billionaire Bailout Society
The collapse and bailout of Silicon Valley Bank shows little has changed for reckless financial actors, writes Les Leopold. If financial institutions are so interconnected that we can’t let them fail, they should be run as publicly owned utilities.