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The Dollar’s Dilemma
By all appearances, a ghost from the 1980s is pacing the corridors of the White House once more. The phrase “Plaza Accord 2.0” is being quietly whispered, evoking memories of the 1985 deal that saw developed nations—most notably Japan—agree to manipulate exchange...
Robert Gates: Four Decades of Truckling
Photograph Source: Defense Dept. photo by Helene C. Stikkel – Public Domain Former CIA director Robert M. Gates was on “Face the Nation” last month and demonstrated that there has never been a better truckler in the federal bureaucracy over the past four decades. ...
What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway?
Elie Mystal Everything you wanted to know about the law that’s supposed to prevent presidents, like Trump, from deploying the military against civilians in places like LA. The post What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway? appeared first on The Nation.
Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid
Image by Michael Schofield. In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Let me offer my own version. We might summarize the entire...
Catching Israel Out: Gaza and the Madleen “Selfie” Protest
The 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla departing Catania, Sicily, on 1 June 2025. The latest incident with the Madleen vessel, pictured as a relief measure by celebrity activists and sundry accompaniments to supply civilians with a modest assortment of humanitarian aid, is...
Will the Deficits Created by Trump’s Tax Cuts Leave the US Unprepared to Deal With a Recession?
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The May jobs report indicated that the labor market is still solid, even if there are some concerning signs like the rise in unemployment among Black women and the sharp fall in labor force participation. Whatever problems the Trump...
The Spectacle of a Police State: This Is Martial Law Without a Formal Declaration of War
Photograph Source: U.S. Northern Command – Public Domain In Trump’s America, the bar for martial law is no longer constitutional—it’s personal. What is unfolding right now in California—with hundreds of Marines deployed domestically; thousands of National Guard troops...
Come l’esercito cinese si addestra per invadere Taiwan
Le Monde ha analizzato la preparazione delle forze armate di Pechino per un’operazione di questo tipo, mostrando che il paese ha costruito nel deserto l’esatta riproduzione delle principali infrastrutture taiwanesi. Il video. Leggi
The Unbearable Familiarity of Force in Los Angeles
Image by Ted Griswold. I’ve seen this story before. The images coming out of Los Angeles—militarized streets, protesters met with force, another round of justifications for escalation—hit me with the dull weight of déjà vu. It’s not that I’m shocked. It’s that I...
Using lessons from the Horn of Africa to protect the Alliance of Sahelian States
The Horn of Africa was filled with hope in 2018, when Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed an agreement promising regional cooperation on trade, culture, and security, but that...
The Unbearable Familiarity of Force in Los Angeles
Image by Ted Griswold. I’ve seen this story before. The images coming out of Los Angeles—militarized streets, protesters met with force, another round of justifications for escalation—hit me with the dull weight of déjà vu. It’s not that I’m shocked. It’s that I...