If Trump was clever | SovietMen
The kerfuffle about the statistics lady sacking reminds me: Trump is not very smart. He has a genius in some areas – his tweets are works of art – but overall he’s unread, incurio…| SovietMen
When British forces surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, few would have imagined that the decisive blow had been financed not from Paris or Philadelphia, but from Havana. Behind this unexpected twist stood Francisco de Saavedra, a Spanish official whose name is absent from most American textbooks but whose actions helped change the course of the […] The post The Forgotten Spanish-Cuban Contribution to American Independence: Francisco de Saavedra and the Silver of Havana appeared first on Not Ev...| Not Even Past
Republished from the Radio War Nerd subscriber newsletter. Subscribe to the Radio War Nerd podcast hosted by Gary Brecher & Mark Ames for podcasts, newsletters and more! It’s a full-time job, keeping track of the US/NATO campaign to start a fire somewhere on China’s borders. It’s...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
The kerfuffle about the statistics lady sacking reminds me: Trump is not very smart. He has a genius in some areas – his tweets are works of art – but overall he’s unread, incurio…| SovietMen
In “Delivered Out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus,” Walter Brueggemann shows how Exodus consistently reveals a God in radical solidarity with the powerless.| Word&Way
I look at the rise and fall of the British and US empires, measured in terms of their share of world energy consumption.| Economics from the Top Down
The era of American energy dominance is coming to an end. And Trumpocracy 2.0's efforts to revive it through imperial hubris will accelerate the decline - because alternative facts can't trump biophysical reality.| Age of Transformation
30 December 2024 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-20 | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Joshua Shifrinson Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
The Empire of Man is the largest human nation in the Old World, though it is divided by internal strife and accosted by multiple enemies across it’s borders. Still, the […]| Sprues & Brews
Some super exciting stuff up for preorder next Saturday from 10am! Finally I can start that Empire army I’ve wanted since the launch of the Old World! As always you […]| Sprues & Brews
"How can we avoid thinking that this nation is a danger to the survival of humanity?" Read Franco "Bifo" Berardi's "The American Unconscious and the Disintegration of the Western World" on the CI blog. … Continue reading →| In the Moment
From the article: Are Tibetans Indigenous? The Political Stakes and Potentiality of the Translation of Indigeneity How does settler-colonial imperialism operate in Asia, and what are the ways in wh…| lhakardiaries.com
The functioning of a globe-spanning empire is seen as too important to be left in the hands of the voting public — so it isn’t. Nothing that is critical to the empire’s operation is ever on the ballot.| TheAltWorld
Locusta of Gaul was a shadowy figure in the early Roman Empire. Was she a serial killer? A victim, or a murderer of emperors? Who was Nero’s poisoner?| Historic Mysteries
When Caligula was assassinated in AD41 it was done to restore the Roman Republic. Why instead did we get Emperor Claudius, and centuries of a Roman Empire?| Historic Mysteries
In an interview with The Root, award-winning producer, director and screenplay writer Lee Daniels tells us more about his relationship with Mo’Nique.| The Root
On 26 July 2023, thanks to a connection made by Heather Lomas, MCC Museum Collections Officer, I was invited to join a panel to debate museums, heritage and 'culture wars' at Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London.Cricket? Culture wars and museums? This post will make sense if you read to the end.| Curatorial Research Centre
There is a lot of confusion around what the world is. Is it an evil place that we must escape from? Is it a system…| Rival Nations
Romans 13 is the absolute favorite chapter of the Bible for all rich and powerful empires since the 4th century. It is the ‘gotcha’ proof-text…| Rival Nations
Decades of steady economic and social decay… at what point can we call this a failed system? Earlier this month I visited the UK to speak at the Better Way Conference in the beautiful city of…| I-System Trend Following
Throughout 2023, the yields on Italian 10-year Treasury Bonds have been trading at above 4%. Only last summer, they were 0.6%. When they began approaching 4% last December, the financial markets th…| I-System Trend Following
