Did they remove the solar tariffs too?

I prefer to use imperial core and periphery, it feels more descriptive than north/south.

Zubok’s Collapse is such a good read. It’s a political thriller where everyone makes the wrong decision over and over to the point of slapstick comedy. Lenin weeps at these fucking losers.

I’m like 3/4 of the way through so don’t tell me how it ends

They made this because they’re both white

Also, The Forest and the Factory by Chavez and Neel. It’s more of a speculative piece on non-capitalist production and innovation, but an enjoyable read. They are both great writers.

Cybersyn, big data, variety engineering and governance by Raul Espejo

Its a paper on Cybersyn written by a guy involved with it.

If you are looking for other texts on economic planning, there has been an uptick in work done on this lately.

https://www.indep.network/ & https://www.democratic-planning.com/ are two places to look

Also “Economic Planning in the Age of Climate Crisis” is a short book and takes the linear programming approach. (One of the authors is a piece of shit, but it’s worth downloading from Anna’s Archive). There have been criticisms of it too: https://cosmonautmag.com/2023/07/how-not-to-economically-plan-in-the-age-of-climate-crisis/

Doubling the rec for Morozovs podcast The Santiago Boys. His article Digital Socialism is also worth reading.

This one is good. Lots of detail and a great reference website so you can find sources he mentions.

Ron Paul is crying tears of joy

Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment

https://archive.is/Z0QFp

Fed even released a video with Powell.

https://xcancel.com/federalreserve/status/2010510130970849338

Dudes rock

Enforcement Regime: Immigration hardliners in the US state

https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enforcement-regime/

A good article about how ICE and CBP have got to this point. Implicates every admin from Bush W, the ICE/CBP unions, and the bipartisanship which let the brownshirts fester.

If she actually goes back, what’s the chance she gets arrested upon arrival for literally inciting a foreign country to invade?

NYT: Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group

https://archive.is/EbLvr

Prosecutors still accused Mr. Maduro of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy but they abandoned the claim that Cartel de los Soles was an actual organization. Instead, the revised indictment states that it refers to a “patronage system” and a “culture of corruption” fueled by drug money.

Where the old indictment refers 32 times to Cartel de los Soles and describes Mr. Maduro as its leader, the new one mentions it twice and says that he, like his predecessor, President Hugo Chávez, participated in, perpetuated and protected this patronage system.

But they then snuck this in:

the indictment added as a defendant — and a supposed co-conspirator with Mr. Maduro — the head of a Venezuelan prison gang called Tren de Aragua.

That was yesterday. This is from today. I dug a little further, and there is an Instagram post with the following from about half an hour ago:

A message from Venezuela to the world, and to the United States:

Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to peace and peaceful coexistence. Our country aspires to live without external threats, in an environment of respect and international cooperation. We believe that global peace is built by first guaranteeing peace within each nation.

We prioritise moving towards balanced and respectful international relations between the United States and Venezuela, and between Venezuela and other countries in the region, premised on sovereign equality and non-interference. These principles guide our diplomacy with the rest of the world.

We invite the US government to collaborate with us on an agenda of cooperation oriented towards shared development within the framework of international law to strengthen lasting community coexistence.

President Donald Trump, our peoples and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war. This has always been President Nicolás Maduro’s message, and it is the message of all of Venezuela right now. This is the Venezuela I believe in and have dedicated my life to. I dream of a Venezuela where all good Venezuelans can come together.

Venezuela has the right to peace, development, sovereignty and a future.

Delcy Rodríguez Acting President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

https://archive.is/npee9

Bloomberg definitely cherry picked, but I saw this was being passed around so figured I’d share.

Venezuela’s Rodriguez Asks US for Cooperation After Maduro Raid

https://archive.is/8eCXG

Edit: more here: https://hexbear.net/comment/6801670

This is like a contemporary version of a racist radio/sketch show bit.

The fact these fucking videos can be spread without as much as an obvious “AI Generated” tag is wild. Not like that would really make it any better, but this is constructed in a way that your average hog will believe it without a second thought. Really socially destructive tech, piled onto an already racist and illiterate society.