Decline of the USA, Rise of the Struggles?
The USA, as the world’s leading capitalist nation, is economically, politically and morally bankrupt.
Resistance is picking up steam at home: in 2018 and 2019 there were more strikes, and more large ones, than at any time in more than two decades. In 2020, there were only seven strikes with 1,000 or more participants, but the country witnessed the largest wave of protests in its history. [1] Rising unemployment and poor health care during the pandemic exacerbated the general level of immiseration. The people (15 to 26 million, according to polls) who took to the streets against racism, the system of policing, incarceration and poverty in the wake of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd were protesting against a backdrop of decades of socioeconomic decline. People of all colours marched hand-in-hand, occupied squares, organized food, set up ‘autonomous zones’ and police-free neighborhoods, engaged in passionate discussions..
На Чукотке готовятся к испытаниям на крупнейшей ТЭЦ
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Глава Хабаровского края обсудил с «Русгидро» совместные проекты для региона
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We go to war with “West Vietnam” again, imagine all heck breaking loose. The headlines write themselves!
Dftbs
Re: Biden’s China trade policy in the SCMP. I’m incredibly doubtful of the honest desire the Democrats would have to repatriate manufacturing, and honestly I am doubtful of theirs, or any one’s, ability to do so.
I agree that it reads as smart politics to say you’ll shift the balance of power away from wall st. But unfortunately for the Biden administration, this would undercut the other ambitious goals they have for the country.
An earlier post on this blog(Hudson 2/6) accurately described how the current monetary system which allows for the projection of American power arose and is supported by the structural deficit in the balance of payment as well as the crushing of labor power.