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Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - December 10, 2023

Dec 11, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

War in UkraineSeymour Hersh, Anatol Lieven and the desperate DC gambit to end hostilities in Ukraine while claiming ‘victory’Gilbert Doctorow [via Naked Capitalism 12-04-2023] Excellent. Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine[Washington Post, via Naked Capitalism 12-07-2023]Key elements that shaped the counteroffensive and the initial outcome include:● Ukrainian, U.S. and British military officers held eight major tabletop war games to build a campaign plan.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - December 3, 2023

Dec 3, 2023 | dailykos.com | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt |Tony Wikrent

Gaza / Palestine / Israel[X-Twitter, via Naked Capitalism 12-01-2023]xWOW, this might be THE most important piece of journalism on the war on Gaza since it began, by Israeli newspaper @972mag :https://t.co/ORhMha76B5Essentially they confirm, with unimpeachable sourcing, that the killing of civilians was all calculated and intentional. Their…— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 30, 2023‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza[+972, via X-Teitter.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - November 12, 2023

Nov 13, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent |Quinn Slobodian

(anti)Republican Drive to Civil War Trump will implement Martial Law, Shoot Protestors and Prosecute his enemies Frank Vyan Walton, November 11, 2023 [DailyKos] Trump has called for theDeath Penalty against human traffickers, firing“Radical Marxist Prosecutors”, he has plans to implementright-wing indoctrination in our colleges, he has plans to“Crush the Deep State”(which would be Federal Employees), he’llcriminalize gender affirmation, he’ll try to criminalize the press that criticizes him...
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - November 5, 2023

Nov 7, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

Strategic Political EconomyThe Great Reordering Rana Foroohar, October 29, 2023 [Washington Monthly, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler 10-31-2023]There can be no doubt now that an epochal shift is underway in how the economy—in America and across the globe—is governed. The mystery is how a moderate, conventional politician like Joe Biden engineered it…. The record on that score is unequivocal. His COVID-19 stimulus bailed out people, not banks.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - July 16, 2023

Jul 18, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

Global power shiftHas the West lost control of oil? [Unherd, via Naked Capitalism 7-10-2023]The World China Is Building[NOEMA, via Naked Capitalism 7-14-2023]How China Came to Dominate the World’s Largest Nickel Source for Electric Cars[Wall Street Journal, via The Big Picture 7-9-2023]China beats rivals to successfully launch first methane-liquid rocket[Reuters, via Naked Capitalism 7-13-2023]The Poles are rearming at a breathtaking rate and are now Europe’s rising power.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - July 9, 2023

Jul 10, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

Climate and environmental crisesWorld Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded on July 3[Reuters, via Naked Capitalism 7-5-2023]6 southern Colorado counties, facing drought and thirsty neighbors, move to block water exports[Colorado Sun, via Naked Capitalism 7-4-2023]Economic Armageddon[Twitter, via Naked Capitalism 7-5-2023]x.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - July 2, 2023

Jul 3, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

On Wednesday, the Washington-based magazine that has surveyed science and the natural world for 135 years reached another difficult passage when it laid off all of its last remaining staff writers. The cutback — the latest in a series under owner Walt Disney Co. — involves some 19 editorial staffers in all, who were notified in April that these terminations were coming. Article assignments will henceforth be contracted out to freelancers or pieced together by editors.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - June 18, 2023

Jun 18, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 18, 2023by Tony WikrentMY FIFTY YEARS WITH DAN ELLSBERG Seymour Hersh [via Naked Capitalism 6-17-2023]Climate and environmental crisesWTF is Happening?
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - June 11, 2023

Jun 12, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 11, 2023by Tony WikrentStrategic Political EconomyWhat Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 50% - Like Before the Reagan Revolution? Thom Hartmann, June 5, 2023 [DailyKos]What Happens When You Tax Billionaires at 90 Percent? Thom Hartmann, June 3, 2023 [DailyKos][TW: Ian explained the damage tax cuts inflict on real investment in a January 2008 post on FireDogLake, which is now longer even archived.
Week-end Wrap - Political Economy - May 28, 2023

May 29, 2023 | dailykos.com | Tony Wikrent |Lambert Strether

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 28, 2023by Tony WikrentWarWhy Are We in Ukraine? Benjamin Schwarz, Christopher Layne [Harpers, June 2023 issue, via Naked Capitalism 5-22-2023]The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace[Common Dreams, via Naked Capitalism 5-24-2023]IS NATO A NAZI ORGANIZATION?