Posts Tagged: china

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We didn’t choose AI. Capital did

Opinion

11.08.2026

The big tech companies have spent $1 trillion on capital investment since the start of the AI boom. Pretty much all that investment has been ...

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As Iran war stalls, Washington looks to other targets

Opinion

22.05.2026

US president Donald Trump’s recent trip to China was supposed to show Washington’s continued superiority over the rising power in Beijing. ...

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A Left moral vision needs a political economy to match

Opinion

19.05.2026

Today, it’s no longer about class struggle between capital and labor but about an economy that either serves life or death.” This remark by ...

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Whatever happened to Donald Trump the peacemaker?

Opinion

4.03.2026

Trump’s strike on Iran is just the latest nail in the coffin of his peacemaker persona. But his lurch towards imperial violence doesn’t come ...

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EU-Mercosur deal: A trade agreement signed, but far from settled

Opinion

22.01.2026

MEPs have now asked the EU’s top court to assess the agreement’s legality, adding fresh uncertainty to a long-delayed trade pact

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The tech billionaires behind Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions

Opinion

20.01.2026

President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland, but there is far more behind the push than just matters of ...

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Monopoly capital goes to war

Opinion

13.01.2026

Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is simply the latest battle in a much larger war being waged by capital - centred in the US - on people and planet

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US boat strikes renew debate over Washington’s aims in Venezuela

Opinion

9.12.2025

US strikes on Venezuelan boats are part of a broader power play as Washington seeks to curb China’s growing influence in South America

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The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left

Opinion

18.11.2025

The US push for war with Venezuela and, by extent, China, is but a violent reaction to the impending truth that US hegemonic status is slipping

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