Learning from Venezuela’s Missteps in Building Urban Popular Power: Decentralization, Participatory Budgeting, Communal Councils and Comunes

By María Pilar García-Guadilla and Carlos G. Torrealba COMMUNES in Venezuela, once hopeful experiments in local direct democracy and popular power under the socialism of the XXI century have largely succumbed to the crushing crisis gripping the country. . What can we learn from their demise? READ MORE

Breaking Points: 9/22/22 FULL SHOW Russian war escalation, nuclear threats, Trump investigations, interest rate hike, more

Krystal and Saagar cover the Russian war escalation, nuclear threats, Trump investigations, interest rate hike, Biden’s covid comments, gas prices, Adnan Syed, & Home Depot workers! Chicago Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/449151/bre… Vince Quiles: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/sta… Timestamps: Putin: 0:00 – 23:52 Biden: 23:53 – 37:06 Trump: 37:07 – 52:44 Fed: 52:45 – […]

The Fed commits even more to inducing a ‘growth recession’ as it raises interest rates at an extra-fast pace for the third time in a row

Business Insider The Fed commits even more to inducing a ‘growth recession’ as it raises interest rates at an extra-fast pace for the third time in a row The central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by another 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive hike […]

Alberta’s Energy Future

by Peter Zeihan on September 22, 2022 A decade ago, Alberta’s oil sands were the home of the most expensive to produce crude oil on the planet. Not only that, but Canada’s mix of intra-provincial competition and weak federal control left the landlocked province with few options to […]

Jose Nino’s Digest: September 21, 2022 The European Union Threatens to Withdraw Funding from Hungary for Allegedly Getting too Close to Putin, and more

Here are my most recent articles for you The European Union Threatens to Withdraw Funding from Hungary for Allegedly Getting too Close to Putin The European Union is on the verge of punishing Hungary for its maintenance of relatively warm relations with Russia. Over the last few years, […]

Daily News: September 21, 2022 The Week-Can Russia halt Ukraine’s gains with mercenaries?

Peter  Weber Can Russia halt Ukraine’s gains with mercenaries? Harold  Maass Will the Patagonia founder’s gift help save the world? Devika  Rao India’s rice ban, explained Advertisement by Enbridge Discover how we’re investing in low-carbon solutions for tomorrow. Devika  Rao New York attorney general files lawsuit against Trump […]

The Lighthouse Weekly Newsletter: Scrap the 1917 Espionage Act | Student Loan Forgiveness | Pandemic Crushed Economic Freedom | Appalling Cost of Lockdowns

Time to Scrap the Espionage Act of 1917 Ivan Eland (Real Clear Policy) One of the laws allegedly violated by President Trump when, post-White House, he squirreled away some presidential documents at his country club? The Espionage Act of 1917—a vague measure signed into law by a war-hungry […]

Russia Calls Up More Troops

by Peter Zeihan on September 21, 2022 Russian president Vladimir Putin has called up some 300,000 Russian troops in a “partial mobilization” to assist Russian forces in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have had some recent successes on the battlefield against Russian troops in the roughly […]

Rising: September 21, 2022 GHOST FLIGHTS for migrants? DeSantis calls out HYPOCRISY, blames Biden for border crossing deaths

President Joe Biden responded to reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) was possibly sending migrants to the president’s home in Delaware. The administration said they were coordinating with officials in Delaware to prepare for a potential arrival. Briahna Joy Gray makes the argument that the concept of ‘presentism’ […]

‘Quiet fleecing’ is why you’re getting paid less and everyone’s talking about quiet quitting and the Great Resignation

Business Insider ‘Quiet fleecing’ is why you’re getting paid less and everyone’s talking about quiet quitting and the Great Resignation The decades-old practice of “quiet fleecing” could be behind the quiet quitting and Great Resignation chatter. A recession could make it worse. READ MORE ‘It’s a very different […]

Rising: September 20, 2022 Full Show Ron DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard flights INVESTIGATED, Charlamagne tha God calls plot ‘GENIUS’

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) after he flew nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. Robby Soave makes the case that if President Biden says the pandemic is over, the emergency powers he used to declare it should […]

Breaking Points: 9/20/22 FULL UNCUT SHOW housing market trends, Puerto Rico hurricane, Biden 2024, 2022 campaigns, civil war rhetoric, Pentagon psyops, lab leak, & midterm forecasting!

Krystal and Saagar discuss housing market trends, Puerto Rico hurricane, Biden 2024, 2022 campaigns, civil war rhetoric, Pentagon psyops, lab leak, & midterm forecasting! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Chicago Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/449151/bre… J. Miles Coleman: https://centerforpolitics.org/crystal… Timestamps: Economy: 0:00 – 26:50 Puerto Rico: 26:51 – 37:53 Biden: 37:54 – 48:26 2022: […]

Blood on the Cutting Room Floor

Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Blood on the Cutting Room Floor The Corbett Report SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/cuttingroomfloor/ Do you think The Corbett Report’s new 5+ hour, 50,000 word documentary, False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda, wasn’t long enough? Do you think […]

Europe Reconsiders Russian Tourism

by Peter Zeihan on September 20, 2022 European nations are debating a potential Russian tourist ban, with the general theme being “you shouldn’t be able to visit our beaches and luxury shops while simultaneously supporting a regime declaring war against Ukraine (and potentially the West).” Europe being Europe, […]