This Is About More Than Money
A global climate, health, or development system that depends on the continuous escalation of crisis narratives is structurally incapable of declaring success. Trump’s decision confronts that reality directly.
A global climate, health, or development system that depends on the continuous escalation of crisis narratives is structurally incapable of declaring success. Trump’s decision confronts that reality directly.
Pahlavi is not calling for the restoration of his family dynasty. He has advanced a specific five-point framework for transition to democracy – a call for national unity, civil resistance, international pressure, economic disruption, and preparation for a democratic transition.
As accusations of abductions resurface, it’s clear the West doesn’t care about facts on the ground if they contradict the narrative.
When authoritarian governments have access to American campuses.
Failed states deserve occasional thumps. Might is Right never stopped mattering, no matter what the elite bleats.
So no, the US shouldn’t have done it. But the fact that it can get away with it means it did. My teacher would smile, shrug, and simply reply, “Well, that’s just how it works.”
The end goal of all of this, in Trump’s mind, is to make the Western Hemisphere as democratic and as economically sound as possible. Personally, I don’t have a problem with that.
The people of Iran are on the street because they want the regime gone and the momentum keeps increasing. This isn’t just a protest – it’s an uprising.
The World Bank says there are now 720 million living in extreme poverty, defined as less than $3/day. To combat poverty, we need jobs, and good industrial jobs require cheap, reliable electricity.
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.