While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 50 standing ovations from Congress, his address was a “total failure” in the eyes of the rest of the world. “Not just in terms of the substance but also what it did for the political establishment,” says Miriam Osman from the Palestinian Youth Movement. As Netanyahu defended the genocide and asked for more military support to expand a regional war, antiwar protesters outside the Capitol were chemically attacked by swarms of police who were enforcing what many have called ‘Fort Netanyahu.’ “The violence of the political class was barefaced,” explains Osman to host Eugene Puryear.
Trump's tariffs: A unique opportunity for BRICS and the Global South to fully escape from dollar tyranny
globinfo freexchange Does Trump know what he is doing? Well, yes and no. While many interpretate his latest move, mostly as an attempt to halt China, his main goal is to give the final blow to the neoliberal order on behalf of his oligarchs . From this perspective, Trump's unprecedented decision to decide mass tariffs against almost everyone, was an act of strategic hit against the global free market neoliberalism, with the financial capital at its top. And that's because this dominant-for-almost-half-century system, identifies restrictions and protectionism as major threats against its own existence. In other words, Trump acted as a commander of the capitalist faction that wants to beat its neoliberal rivals and put itself in charge, through a new transformation of capitalism into a 21st century corporate feudalism. Concerning China, Trump's move may have some negative impact on its economy for a while, since China has chosen to partially play by the rule...
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