What do the words “hegemony” and “unipolarity” mean? And why is the growing “multipolarity” and “de-dollarization” of the non-Western world such a threat to the United States? All this and more can be found in a fascinating discussion between economists Michael Hudson, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and Radhika Desai,…
In case it’s not obvious, every point in the following article is grimly ironic. [Don] By Caitlin Johnstone Reprinted by permission of the author As 2022 winds down and we approach the halfway point of President Biden’s first term, it’s probably a good time to talk about all the wonderful things he has done…
From the Chris Hedges Report, “Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb:” If, as Joe Biden says, Putin is “not joking” about using nuclear weapons and we risk nuclear “Armageddon,” why isn’t Biden on the phone to Putin? Why doesn’t he follow the example of John F. Kennedy, who repeatedly communicated with Nikita Khrushchev to negotiate an end…
By Stan Cox Reprinted with permission from TomDispatch September 22, 2022 The Nightmare of Military Spending on an Overheating Planet – A Big Carbon Bootprint and a Giant Sucking Sound in the National Budget On October 1st, the U.S. military will start spending the more than $800 billion Congress is going to provide it with…
Last November, Amy Goodman interviewed historian Alfred McCoy about his current work (see video below), recently released as his latest book, “To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change.” In it, McCoy describes the common factor found in every ruling empire — or world “hegemon” — over the last 500 years, and that…