The Dollar Makes The World Pay
for U.S. wars – but the system is cracking By Gary Wilson Dollar hegemony has allowed the United States wage war without economic consequence for decades. But cracks in this system are now appearing. For…
Economy
Dire Straits
Revisiting permanent revolution in a time of permanent crisis Commentary by Dr. Michael John-Hopkins The current moment is undeniably dangerous. A prolonged conflict in the Middle East is now triggering sustained energy shortages, global recession,…
Structural Adjustment As Re-Colonization
IMF, World Bank owe reparations to countries of the global south By Jason Hickel, Salmaan Keshavjee, Maxine Burkett, and Eugene T Richardson Introduction Beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and…
China is Shattering US Technological Hegemony
Commentary by Bappa Sinha The United States’ escalating campaign of export controls, sanctions, and technology denial against China is widely described as a “great power competition” or a “new Cold War.” Such framings obscure the…
Public Factories
An Answer To Monopoly Profiteering By Joel Dodge Last month, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled a “New Affordability Agenda,” a package of policy reforms aimed at addressing voters’ cost-of-living concerns. The agenda includes efforts to…
Global Environment Outlook 7
An actionable roadmap for green transition By Ágnes Tahyné Kovács Transformative change is necessary to safeguard planetary and human health and well-being, and to address deepening inequalities stemming from the uneven consequences of global environmental…
Food Giant Sysco Tightens Its Hold
Local chefs and restaurateurs fear loss of alternative wholesalers By Em Cassel Without Restaurant Depot, Dahlia might not exist. The buzzy northeast Minneapolis bakery got its start in 2022 as a pop-up, bringing its inventive…
What Clean Energy Transition?
Commentary by Steve Hendricks You may ask why, despite the growth in renewables, we keep burning more carbon than ever. The answer is simple: We—and here We means both the great mass of people and…
What Is the Economic Impact of Data Centers?
It’s a Secret. By Lisa Sorg Tax breaks for data centers in North Carolina keep as much as $57 million each year from state and local government coffers, state figures show, an amount that could…
US Tech Giants, EU Hid Datacenter Pollution
By Al Mayadeen English Microsoft and other American technology corporations successfully pushed the EU to adopt a confidentiality clause that blocks public access to environmental data from individual datacentres. Microsoft and other US tech giants…