Jeffrey Sachs joins Drop Site’s Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain to discuss how Washington’s delusions about American power are fueling wars abroad and a financial bubble at home.
The Trump administration is part of an international trend of business elites entering government and using commercial relationships as tools of diplomacy and geopolitical influence.
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The philanthropist promised a biotech-fueled productivity boom for farmers, but the data shows sluggish yields and rising hunger. Where is the accountability?
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By Stephen Zunes This article was originally published by Truthout Party leaders are ignoring the three-quarters of registered Democrats who oppose providing military aid to Israel. Despite growing dissatisfaction among Democratic voters with the U.S.’s ongoing military support for Israel, the House Democratic leadership has picked two foreign policy hawks — Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) and Wesley […]
Mision Verdad, Orinoco Tribune. An analysis of investment, concession regimes, revenue and political variables. The governments of Venezuela and the United States have announced a “historic agreement” in the oil sector, granting favorable concessions to US companies in 17 oil fields. Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, touted the partnership as “the largest […]
On September 17, prosecutors from the Justice Department are scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom in Pasadena, California, for a rather odd event. They will argue that a mysterious former FBI informant with connections to Russian intelligence—who was convicted of lying to the bureau to spread the false accusation that Joe Biden and his […]
H. Scott Prosterman Infomred Comment Israelis will go to the polls on October 27, for one of the most consequential elections in their history. Not unlike the upcoming 2026 midterms in the U.S., it is essentially a referendum on democracy. This is neither a hyperbolic nor dramatic assessment, as PM Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the […]
Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Vessels have begun international port-to-port voyage to Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) today announced that a new international mission to challenge Israel’s illegal and deadly blockade of Gaza is underway. The violence and torture that Israel inflicted on hundreds of flotilla volunteers this past spring, including severe beatings, repeated tasering, and […]