The Iran war’s hidden cost at sea

 https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/iran-war-hidden-cost-at-sea

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Is the AI Apocalypse for Real? What the intelligence community thinks Ken Klippenstein Sep 14

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=7677&post_id=215704384&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjE1NzA0Mzg0LCJpYXQiOjE3ODk0MTc1MTAsImV4cCI6MTc5MjAwOTUxMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTc2NzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Uw-A0o_EOWvnFhBBda3TgLeH-14MTcJgTXnbDXPTNGk

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Hormuz isn't the Problem

 https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/08/20/2026/semafor-energy-hormuz-isnt-really-the-problem?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=net+zero&utm_campaign=FirstWord#b

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Trump administration witch-hunts People’s Forum and BreakThrough News ~~ and ~~ The Generation That Refuses to Crawl

 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/nwfj-j24.html

Vijay Prashad is the organizer of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/24/the-generation-that-refuses-to-crawl/

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Marginalia on a Burning System: Rereading Deleuze and Guattari in the Age of Financial Axiomatics

 https://www.thephilosophicalsalon.com/marginalia-on-a-burning-system-rereading-deleuze-and-guattari-in-the-age-of-financial-axiomatics/

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Richard Wolff and Yanis Varoufakis Discuss the Struggle over the Fate of the World

1). “The Petrodollar Is Cracking: Varoufakis & Wolff on Empire, Iran and Capitalism's Crisis”, Jun 1, 2026, Yanis Varoufakis and Richard Wolff discuss the significance of the Iran War and the perilous general state of capitalism and U.S. Hegemony, DiEM25, duration of video 1:47:35, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mib0b1GeUCA >.

~~ recommended by desmond ~~

Hormuz domino effect: How the Middle East crisis affects food, flights and global supply chains

 https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260418-hormuz-domino-effect-how-the-middle-east-crisis-affects-food-flights-and-global-supply-chains

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Trump Administration gets Catastrophic Blow he Can't Escape - Coming Oil Global Emergency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtovkOU-NiY&t=8s

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

The New Capital Complex: Pax Silica and the Embryonic Fascist State

 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-capital-complex-pax-silica-and-the-embryonic-fascist-state/

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Richest 1% Blow Carbon Budget for 2026 in Just 10 Days

 https://earth.org/richest-1-exhausted-their-carbon-budget-for-2026-in-just-10-days-says-oxfam/

https://youtu.be/ZiUCeJ5b1dY?si=IaLE81SZaJDMKyA5

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Scapegoating immigrants won’t shorten your ER wait

 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/02/opinion/sign-up-arguable-with-jeff-jacoby/s_campaign=arguable:newsletter

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

What Are We Waiting For?

 https://spectrejournal.com/what-are-we-waiting-for-2/

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This system has brought forth Trump/MAGA fascism: People, in their millions, must put an end to this fascist regime—NOW—before it is too late!

 https://youtu.be/tphISh_m9f4?si=lCMTGtWoceyF0tis

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Naomi Klein on Trump, Musk, Far Right & "End Times Fascism"

https://youtu.be/XtYSyb6fCxo?si=E6NCY3COPbMmQVz2

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To save the environment, we must end the profit system | Climate & Capitalism

 https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/02/28/to-save-the-environment-we-must-end-the-profit-system/

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More Rumblings of Revolution Among the Immiserated U.S. Former Middle Class, China Marches on to Ever Greater Accomplishments

1). “Multi-Millionaire Warns 'We Risk Revolution' As Americans Grow Increasingly Desperate”, Jan 9, 2025, Mike Figueredo discusses issues discussed by Multi-millionaire Scott Galloway, The Humanist Report, duration of video 19:10, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWB03eAPB2A&t=914s >.

2). “The Secret of the Long March”, Jan 18, 2025, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai & Mick Dunford, they discuss the 75^th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution and current events, 36th Geopolitical Economy Hour, at < https://michael-hudson.com/2025/01/the-secrets-of-the-long-march/ >, full transcript and hour long video both available at the website.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The Health-care Crisis: A Targeted Killing & The Underlying Realities

 1). “The $1 Trillion Private Health Insurance Scam”, Dec 5, 2024, Anon, More Perfect Union, duration of video 12:46, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQR67WRcVUg >.

2). “Reactions To United Healthcare CEO Hit: Overwhelming In One Direction”, Dec 5, 2024, David Doel, The Rational National, duration of video 16:55, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otls5T_Idbw >.

3). “United Healthcare CEO Killer Had DEBILITATING Back Pain, Raged at Health Insurance ABUSING Americans”, Dec 10, 2024, Jordan Chariton, Status Coup News, duration of video 23:18, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBJhtz42zw >.

4). “Why Would Someone Want to Kill a Health Insurance CEO?”, Dec 9, 2024, Steve Shives, Steve Shives, duration of video 17:58, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTsK47Tt1ug >

5). “How UnitedHealthcare and other insurers use AI to deny claims: UnitedHealthcare and Humana have been sued o17:58 ver their use of algorithms to determine coverage of care for some patients”, Dec 6, 2024, Bruce Gil, Quartz, at < https://qz.com/unitedhealthcare-humana-ai-lawsuits-1851715765 >.

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Why is it still so hard to breathe in India and Pakistan?

 https://www.vox.com/climate/387135/india-pakistan-air-pollution-delhi-lahore-aq

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Michael Hudson Discusses the Background for the Recent StockMarket Fall and Sell-Off.

“As stock market crashes, is US facing new financial crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains”, Aug 7, 2024, Ben Norton interviews Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy Report, duration of video 1:26:55, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stgBVvz5RIM >.

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China’s Real Economic Crisis ~~ Zongyuan Zoe Liu

 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-real-economic-crisis?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=China%E2%80%99s%20Real%20Economic%20Crisis&utm_content=20240809&utm_term=FA%20This%20Week%20-%20112017 

also reprinted at

 

https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/chinas-real-economic-crisis/

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