By Michael Hudson* – Geopolitical Economy Economist Michael Hudson describes how China created an alternative to the Western neoliberal order, and how the Global South can challenge the rent extraction of US-centered financial colonialism. Industrial capitalism was revolutionary in its fight to free Europe’s economies and parliaments from the hereditary...

By Mick Hall* – Consortium News The U.S. is now expected to pressure other countries not to sign on to the joint action plan announced by the 12 countries in Bogota, Mick Hall reports. Collective measures to confront Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people have been agreed by 12 nations after an...

By Safia K. Southey* and Adam Weinstein* – Responsible Statecraft Jerusalem is bombing Damascus and threatening al-Sharaa’s rule, while Washington was hoping to help the nascent government on its feet. Israeli jets and drones hit Syria’s Defence Ministry compound and a second target near the presidential palace in central Damascus on July...

By John Feffer* – Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Trump thinks of himself as an unstoppable force. But Putin is an unmovable object who won’t be bullied because he is the ultimate bully. He promised to end the war in 24 hours. He made nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin and...