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Both Trump and Biden imposed high tariffs on imported products made in China and other countries. Those impositions broke with and departed from the previous half century’s policies favoring “free trade.”

As the world churns... and burns

Can a left electoral front beat the far right in France?

Irish reunification in the age of the EU

The military protection of Saudi Arabia has been the centrepiece of US power in the region. The US has also committed itself to the protection/support of Israel. America has managed this balancing act without trouble, but it has posed problems.

In 1500, India and China were the world’s most advanced civilizations. Then came the Europeans. They eventually looted and wreaked havoc on both, just as they were to on the Americas and Africa.

Election season is challenging the left in South Africa, India and the UK