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by Tomas Castanheira Part 3 -  The orders of finance capital Alongside this brazen criminal interventionism, the main organs of international finance capital are dictating their demands to the elected Brazilian government, in a tone of command that dispenses with diplomatic niceties. The British magazine The Economist published after the election an editorial titled “Markets are dismayed by Lula’s surprise win—and for good reason.” The text argues bluntly: Either the government abandons its campaign promises and submits to the demands of capital, or it will be reduced to “ashes.” The magazine begins by noting that “if Lula’s supporters are elated, the markets are running scared,” and adds that “they are right to.” Lula is accused of having “talked down the need for fiscal discipline” during the campaign and of having promised “an extravagance of big new bungs.” What the spokesmen of the capitalist oligarchy call “extravagance” amounts in fact to crumbs—such as the promise of incre...

  by  Alan MacLeod Through its myriad of agencies, the United States government has recruited and groomed rappers from around the world to further its political interests. Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars funding, training, and promoting artists who foment public discontent, organize protests, and lead color revolutions in nations in its crosshairs.  In Bangladesh and Senegal, U.S.-funded rappers led political movements that toppled governments. Washington-backed musicians were the face of a failed counter-revolution in Cuba, and will likely be called upon again by the Trump administration. And artists in dozens of countries worldwide (including the U.S. itself) are paid to promote American government interests. This is the story of how the U.S. government uses hip hop, a medium of struggle pioneered by Black artists in New York, as a tool for regime change. Part 5 -  Funding a global medium In the Republic of Congo, President Denis Sassou Nguesso has...

HORRIBLE: Gaza is enduring its fourth winter under Israel’s genocidal war. Heavy rains have flooded tent camps, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians soaked, exposed and with nowhere to go. Israel destroyed their homes, devastated Gaza’s infrastructure and continues to block essential construction materials, leaving families trapped in makeshift tents with no protection from the winter. 🚨HORRIBLE: Gaza is enduring its fourth winter under Israel’s genocidal war. Heavy rains have flooded tent camps, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians soaked, exposed and with nowhere to go. Israel destroyed their homes, devastated Gaza’s infrastructure and continues to block essential construction materials, leaving families trapped in makeshift tents with no protection from the winter. — Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) November 8, 2026  

Geopolitical Economy Report The Democrats won a majority in both chambers of Congress in the 2026 US midterm election, not because voters love them, but because the Republicans are even more unpopular. Ben Norton analyzes the results and explains how Donald Trump's war on Iran caused an energy crisis, fueling inflation, hurting living standards, and angering voters. Most Americans now oppose Israel and Big Tech corporations, but the DNC won't implement real change.

globinfo freexchange And how do we know that? We saw it in the field and the way through which Iran marked an unprecedented victory against US-Zionist criminals. Iran completely changed the nature of war.  As we wrote  right before the beginning of the US-Zionist attack against Iran: The nature of war has changed dramatically since the Iraq war, due to technological developments. A ground invasion, especially against Iran, would be catastrophic for the US empire with unpredictable consequences, even if the regime-change mission successfully completed. The Iran allies in the region are still active, despite their losses. […] armed groups dispersed in the Middle-East and affiliated with Iran, can lead to an asymmetric, out-of-control conflict to the point where US forces may suddenly find themselves trapped in a wider deadly warzone with no exit. The new, relatively cheap technology of drones and small/middle range missiles, is easily accessible to these groups. The Ansar Allah ...

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The Jimmy Dore Show Following the Republicans’ drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Donald Trump blamed the losses on a range of others, even pointing the finger at Fox News host Bret Baier. He also seemed to reverse his ringing endorsement of Greg Abbott just ten hours after publicly praising the Texas Governor. In this segment Jimmy highlights Trump’s complaints about Senator John Cornyn’s perceived disloyalty and his claims that Fox News has treated him unfairly, arguing that Trump demands loyalty from others while readily abandoning allies himself.  Jimmy connects all this behavior to Trump’s earlier attacks on supporters who pressed him to release the Epstein files, invoking Rush Limbaugh’s prediction that Trump alone could destroy his connection with his political base. Jimmy argues that Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility and repeated reversals expose the weakness of his political leadership and the one-sided nature of his loyalty.

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Let's be frank. The Democrats didn't win the midterms. Iran did. — Trita Parsi (@tparsi) November 4, 2026 Trump just found out why nine Caesars and seven presidents before him couldn’t defeat Persia. https://t.co/93q3enAtoc — Iran Army Monitor (@IRI_Monitor) November 4, 2026  

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