Author Archives: Yves Smith
Challenges to the Unsustainable Exploitation of Human Beings and Nature Converged Across Civilizations
Starting from ancient China, Hellenism, and India, proto class struggles sought production in concert with nature, freedom, and solidarity.
Read more...India’s Gen Z Cockroach Party Flexed Its Power—And Won
On the grievances of India’s Cockroach Party and how they succeeded in cowing the Modi government.
Read more...Much of American Christianity Is Failing the Litmus Test
On the dodgy Christianity of Christian Nationalist thought leader, R.J. Rushdoony,.
Read more...Links 7/31/2026
Iran War: Risk of Widening Conflict as Saudis Form “Defensive” Coalition, Iran Depicts Egypt LNG Platform Attack as Israel False Flag; Postol – Iran Missiles More Powerful Than Oreshnik; IRGC Provides Images of F-35s Destroyed in Jordan
Today’s Iran war news: The Saudis rearrange deck chairs on their Titanic as the IRCG documents their successful F-35 hits.
Read more...Inflation in the Overall Economy, Hitting Consumers, Businesses, and Governments, Was Really Bad in Q2, Even Without Energy
Investors want the Fed to crack down on inflation to forestall a bond market reaction
Read more...Baby Busts and GDP Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy
Good news of sorts from the economic front: An aging population, aka demographic decline, does not lower GDP or earnings growth.
Read more...Iran War: Jordan Strike Shows Iran Intensifying War to Exhaust US Economy and Military; Trump Takes Bait by Retaliating
Today’s Iran war news: Iran is trying to deke Trump into more energy and munitions depleting action. He seems to be falling into the trap.
Read more...Rob Urie – Empire Versus Civilization: The US Is Now Officially a Pariah State
Rob Urie shreds the downtrodden state of the Empire, including the desperation revealed by reviving the tired “Communist” bugaboo.
Read more...Satyajit Das: American Greatness?
America’s greatness ain’t what it used to be, and is often misunderstood even when it once existed.
Read more...China and War
What China has in store for our well-funded generals.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Hits US Base in Jordan After US-Saudi Strike on Iraqi Militia
Today’s Iran war news. So much for that pause. Iran hit the US base in Jordan because provocation as Netanyahu pushes for bigger US strikes.
Read more...French Climate Lawsuit Offers a Window into the Next Round of the Global Legal Fight
Why French disclosure requirements for climate change are a terrible way to combat the accelerating crisis.
Read more...Marx and Nature: Why a Socialist Transformation Cannot Ignore the Transformation of Human Relations with Nature
John Bellamy Foster debunks the misconception that socialism and Marx’s materialism had no role in the development of ecological analysis
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