Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world's most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face I realise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump's attack on Iran? The intense western interest in the Middle East and west and central Asia, sustained for more than a century, and the endless attempts by foreign governments to shape and control these regions, are not (…)

- Capitalism & globalisation / Industry (oil and fossil fuel), Oil & gas / Fossil fuel, TRUMP Donald, Climate Crisis / Climate Change (Eng), Wars / Armed conflicts, USA (Eng), Crisis (global) / Polycrisis / Cascading crises, History (past), Land and property grabbing, Authoritarian / authoritarianism / Dictatorship

Le bilan quantitatif de la grève a été clair et sans équivoque : plus de 105 000 manifestant.es dans les capitales des quatre provinces le matin, puis une deuxième vague l'après-midi dans presque tous les villages et villes d'Euskal Herria, impossible à quantifier. Quant aux arrêts de travail, ils ont touché la majeure partie de l'industrie et, de manière inégale, les autres secteurs. Le résultat qualitatif est impressionnant. La question du salaire minimum interprofessionnel s'est (…)

- Social, économique (pays, UE) / Etat espagnol / Espagne, Pays basque, Grève générale , Grèves (sur les), Formes d'organisation, Formes de lutte, Luttes sociales, Salaire minimum, 1976, Mouvement ouvrier / Syndicats

We have all been horrified to learn of Cesar Chavez's sexual assaults and rape of young girls and women. We who worked for years as volunteers or supporters of the United Farm Workers, even those of us like myself who were critical of Chavez, never expected anything like this. The story recently published in The New York Times, carefully investigated and documented, leaves no doubt that Chavez violated those girls as well as betraying the trust that so many had placed in him. When I wrote (…)

- USA / CHAVEZ Cesar, United Farm Workers (USA), Chicanos / Latinos, HUERTA Dolores, Agricultural workers, UFWA (USA), Democratic Party (USA), Catholic, California, Democracy, Women, Rape , Subordination of women, Violence (women), Patriarchy

Social scientists often see the individual as a product of society. But never, never underestimate the impact of personality on society. Or at least, some personalities. The only other personality in recent history who had as great an impact on global developments as Donald Trump was Osama bin Laden, who famously lured the US into disastrous engagements in the Middle East. If Osama was the “Napoleonic” figure of the first decade and a half of the 21st century—that is, one who shifts the (…)

- USA / MAGA (USA), TRUMP Donald, Civil War, Project 2025 (USA), TNCs / Transnationals (Eng), Apple, Trump's new world order, Deglobalisation / Deglobalization, Iran (Eng), Israel (Eng), Crisis (political/institutional/regime)