Trump's Destruction of the US Economy

 

CounterPunch+ Exclusive EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY BY ED RAMPELL Activists tend to see the climate crisis and US militarism as two separate issues. However, the hard-hitting documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy persuasively argues that, in fact, the two are inextricably connected. But not only because many of Washington’s countless wars – especially in the Middle East – have been linked to securing and maintaining American control of and access to oil. It’s more insidious than that, because in the process of protecting Big Oil’s interests and profits, the Pentagon is the planet’s single largest user and emitter of fossil fuels. So, in a circular and psychopathic way, the US Armed Forces are enormous contributors to the climate emergency, as enforcers, enablers, and perpetrators.” READ MORE TRUMP’S DESTRUCTION OF THE US ECONOMY MICHAEL HUDSON A perfect storm for US agriculture. THE SENATOR, THE GOLD MINE AND THE SUNDANCE KID JEFFREY ST. CLAIR - ALEXANDER COCKBURN So much for consensus. KING ON KING PETER BACH A masque in fog. AMERICAN HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY REV. GRAYLAN SCOTT HAGLER We will not be erased. REINVENTING THE ART OF POLITICAL STORYTELLING ROBIN ANDERSEN How Mamdani’s video team changed the conversation. CounterPunch+ Exclusive THE COLD WAR ACCORING TO AL MCCOY BY JONAH RASKIN Unlike D. F. Fleming, the godfather of cold war historians, Alfred McCoy argues that the cold war began in 1946 and ended in 1991 and that it boasted three phases: phase one, 1946 to 1962; phase two which coincided with “the American War” in Vietnam as the Vietnamese call it; and phase three, 1975 to 1991, a time defined by “covert operations.” Fleming’s monumental history, which was published in 1961 appeared in two volumes, the first covering the years from 1917 to 1950, and the second from 1950 to 1960. READ MORE

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