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Israel, Oil, and Megalomania Are Behind Trump's Iran War

Israel, Oil, and Megalomania Are Behind Trump's Iran War

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30.03.2026 6

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Iran War May Mark the Beginning of the End for Dollar-Backed US Empire

Radical economist Costas Lapavitsas discusses the crumbling of the dollar-backed world system and what could be next.

25.03.2026 5

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Israel Is Caught in a Permanent State of War

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17.03.2026 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

War on Iran Is Enriching Weapons Firms as It Tanks the Global Economy

The military-industrial complex rakes in profits as the rest of the world suffers, economist C. P. Chandrasekhar argues.

14.03.2026 9

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Economy Is Hurting Americans — and Setting Us Up for Long-Term Collapse

Trump boasts of a booming economy. He’s dead wrong. A year into Trump 2.0, the affordability crisis is worse than ever.

27.02.2026 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Greenland Is Not for Sale: An Indigenous Activist Speaks Out Against the US

The people of Greenland have stated: “We don’t want to be American, we don’t want to be Danish, we are Greenlandic.”

13.02.2026 100

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C.j. Polychroniou

Believing Borders Make Us Safer Is Like Believing the Sun Revolves Around Earth

Trump’s cruel and immoral anti-immigrant frenzy rests on false economic claims.

10.02.2026 9

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Imperial Proto-Fascism Can Only Be Defeated Through a United Front

29.01.2026 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

1 Year In, Trump Already Has His Own Fascist Paramilitary Squad

20.01.2026 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Only the Iranian People Should Determine Their Nation's Future

15.01.2026 30

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Will Employers Invest in Our Kids?An Interview with Nancy Folbre

11.01.2026 20

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook

Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.

01.01.2026 30

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump EPA Plan Would Restrict Public’s Right to Know About Climate Pollution

“The problems don’t go away when the reporting goes away,” says the Corporate Toxics Information Project’s co-director.

20.12.2025 20

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

As Data Centers Proliferate, Will an AI Bubble Lead to a New Recession?

Some AI companies are using techniques and financial products seen in the run-up to the great financial crisis of 2008.

15.12.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s National Security Strategy Is Pax Americana With a MAGA Twist

“The stunning section devoted to Europe reads like a far-right pamphlet,” said a former French ambassador to the US.

11.12.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

What Comes After Trump's Age of Monsters?

07.12.2025 60

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

The Trumpian Nightmare Has a Long Way to Go Before It's Over

01.12.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Environmental Policy Is Determined to “Make America Poisoned Again”

Trump has taken a wrecking ball to environmental regulation. Who benefits?

19.11.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Impending Strike in Las Vegas Exposes Labor Abuses in Service Sector Nationwide

Service work now dominates the economy. That changes how we build worker power, scholar Annie McClanahan says.

13.11.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?

A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.

05.11.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

From 1920s Italy to 1930s Palestine to 1980s Ska Scenes, Antifa Has Many Faces

A historian discusses past anti-fascist organizations and practices in light of Trump’s effort to criminalize “antifa.”

15.10.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

The Democrats Must Regain the Working-Class Vote in 2026

04.10.2025 20

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump Is a Fascist, That's Clear. But What Kind Exactly?

29.09.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism as a Good Thing

27.09.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

This Ridiculous, Dangerous Antifa Order Is McCarthyism All Over Again—Possibly Worse

23.09.2025 20

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

What Trump’s Executive Order on 401(K)s Means for Workers Who Hope to Retire

More workers may lose their hard-won retirement savings now that Trump has pushed them toward crypto and private equity.

16.09.2025 30

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C.j. Polychroniou

Neoliberalism in France Receives a New Blow as Yet Another Government Falls

08.09.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Crime and Punishment US Style: an Interview with David Garland

28.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Amounts to Genocidal Acts With an Intent to Commit Genocide

25.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Ukraine and Gaza Confirm That the Post-War International Order Is Obsolete

18.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Can We Do Better Than Trumpian or Neoliberal Trade Policy? Yes.

05.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Motives Can Be Opaque. I Asked a Feminist Economist to Bare Them.

Trump’s policies cater to the 1 percent, but they don’t neatly align with capitalist interests in the traditional sense.

02.08.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Sanctions Against Israel Are Long Overdue

02.08.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Europe Shows Again That It Lacks a Backbone to Stand Up to Trump

28.07.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump

Both the left and the far right in France see the government budget plan as something of a class war budget.

17.07.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.

Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.

11.07.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry

Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.

08.07.2025 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis

Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.

26.06.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Busting the Myth of Trump as an Anti-War President

24.06.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Israel's Assault on Iran Is Unambiguously Criminal

16.06.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Animosity Is Bringing Europeans Closer Together and to the Rest of the World

03.06.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

The Left Needs a New Globalization Vision to Counter the Far-Right Surge

24.05.2025 20

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

A Fraction of What We Pay in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fund a Just Transition

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies must be tied to new subsidies that raise living standards for working and poor people.

19.05.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

The Trumpian Nightmare Must End Before It Gets Worse

14.05.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump Defends Far Right AfD Party After German Intelligence Calls It “Extremist”

The Trump administration’s alliance with the racist political party signals the rise of a far right international.

08.05.2025 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

What Does Trump’s Economic Chaos Mean for the Global Financial System?

Progressive economist Gerald Epstein says global capitalists may no longer see the US as a “safe haven” under Trump.

03.05.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

A Nation of Sheep? Trump's Fascist Tactics Working All Too Easily

18.04.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Tariffs Buck the Global Neoliberal Order — But Still Serve the 1 Percent

Trump’s tariffs threaten to widen inequality in the US, making the rich richer and impoverishing the working class.

10.04.2025 10

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Practicing Civility in the Face of Fascism Is Like Signing One's Own Death Warrant

11.03.2025 30

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Plan for Gaza Would Make Colonial Plunder Great Again

27.02.2025 10

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou