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I wrote for the Verso Blog about the Democratic Party’s intractable relationship with Israel, its ideological roots in an image of the Jewish state that no longer exists (if it ever existed), and how that relationship is faring amidst the war on Iran.

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Caitlin Johnstone Aug 24, 2026 Reading by Tim Foley: Anna on Twitter asks, “Is anyone else really stressed about their future and where they are in life and what they’ve accomplished and their worth as a person?” I understand what you’re saying, but that’s mostly just head noise that gets indoctrinated into us by the

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By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley In case you haven't noticed, things are going pretty bad for Donald Trump in the Middle East lately and they just keep getting worse. At the behest of his Zionist masters who have played that child molester like one of his own victims, Imperator Trump

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This documentary explores what cooperative businesses are and the benefits they bring to workers, consumers, and the community as a whole. It...

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I finally did it. I finally made an 'economics of the simpsons' video. Thanks to my editor and my supporters! Patreon: patreon.com/unlearneconomics Means TV: means.tv/programs/unlearning-economics Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/unlearningeconomics References (in rough order of appearance) The World's Billionaires, Forbes Consumer Price Index, US Bureau of Labor Statistics Distributional Financial Accounts, Federal Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov/releas... Share of Net Worth Held by the Top 1%, FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WF... A blueprint for a coordinated minimum effective taxation standard for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, Zucman https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/repor... Takers Not Makers, Oxfam The Antitrust Paradox, Bork Amazon's Antitrust Paradox, Khan, Yale Law Journal Vol. 126 The Everything Store, Stone DOGE, USAID cuts and excess deaths, YouTube    • Trump DOGE cuts caused 600,000 deaths this...   The Wage Standard, Dube Monopsony in Movers: The Elasticity of Labor Supply to Firm Wage Policies, Bassier, Dube & Naidu, Journal of Human Resources (2022) State of Working America Data Library, Economic Policy Institute https://data.epi.org The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs, Cengiz, Dube, Lindner & Zipperer, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2019) American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power, Galbraith Unions and Inequality over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data, Farber, Herbst, Kuziemko & Naidu, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2021) Trade union density, OECD/AIAS ICTWSS database https://www.oecd.org Julia Pyke interview, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (2025) Simpsons will cool it with N-plant jokes, Associated Press / Deseret News (1990) https://www.deseret.com/1990/12/26/18... Simpsons Spurs Ire of Nuclear Industry, Harvard Crimson (1990) https://www.thecrimson.com/article/19... What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?, Ritchie, Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sou... Electricity generation and health, Markandya & Wilkinson, The Lancet (2007) Balancing safety with sustainability: assessing the risk of accidents for modern low-carbon energy systems, Sovacool et al., Journal of Cleaner Production (2016) Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014) Levelized Cost of Energy+, Lazard https://www.lazard.com Hinkley Point C, National Audit Office Flamanville 3 cost review, Cour des comptes The costs of the French nuclear scale-up: a case of negative learning by doing, Grubler, Energy Policy (2010) Historical construction costs of global nuclear power reactors, Lovering, Yip & Nordhaus, Energy Policy (2016) World Nuclear Industry Status Report, Schneider et al. https://www.worldnuclearreport.org

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The climate disasters in Nepal are the essence of climate injustice.

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In a new study, people who listened to audio recordings of birds singing report getting less benefit when paired with even quiet traffic sounds.

I wanted to explain a bit about the concepts of projection, inhibition and compulsion, within the psychotherapeutic context.

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