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Empires of Flow Control

Nicholas Mulder The New York Review of Books
The modern idea of the freedom of the seas is collapsing in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tidbits-May 21- Reader Comments: Summit; Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare); Reflecting Pool; Strait of Hormuz; After New Evidence of DOJ Misconduct, Mahmoud Khalil Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals To Terminate Case; Cartoons; More…

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Reader Comments: Summit; Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare); Reflecting Pool; Strait of Hormuz; After New Evidence of DOJ Misconduct, Mahmoud Khalil Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals to Terminate Case; Cartoons and more....

In Empire We Trust – Who Gains and Who Loses in Trump’s America

Steve Fraser TomDispatch
Imperialism does massive and fatal damage abroad. The wars in Gaza and Iran are the latest bloodbaths for all to see. Less visible are the wages of imperialism at home -Plans to plunder the planet of its land, labor, and vital resources are afoot.

The Next Financial Shock To Come From Trump’s War With Iran

Logan McMillen The New Republic
America’s current credit rating masks a fatal contradiction, and a downgrade is the only honest assessment of an empire in decline. The expanding war in Iran and the subsequent crisis in the Strait of Hormuz have fractured global energy supply chain

Tidbits-Feb 19- Reader Comments: Next Distraction: Epstein Files…Bomb Iran; “Voter Fraud” – Most Dangerous Political Lie; Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?; Americans Pay for Almost All of Trump’s Tariffs; the Next No Kings Is March 28

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Reader Comments: Next Distraction: Epstein Files...Bomb Iran; “Voter Fraud” - Most Dangerous Political Lie; Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?; Americans Pay for Almost All of Trump’s Tariffs; This Will Be Big - Next No Kings is March 28

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Trump Is Tearing Apart the North American Auto Industry

Taylor C. Noakes Jacobin
In the 1960s, the Auto Pact deal integrated the US and Canada’s auto sectors. Donald Trump’s trade war will all but guarantee its unraveling, spelling catastrophe for workers and firms alike.

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