Elon Musk's incitement of pogroms in Belfast reveals he'll use his immense wealth and influence to foment untold fascist violence in the future. Only a global movement can break his power.
New piece from @polphilpod.bsky.social and me. Threading highlights below. 1/
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First it was the ethnic conscripts, followed by prison population, the infirm, and now it's the old folks prepped for the meat grinder.
The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.
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So the $300 billion payout to Iran was correct. Trump's "art of the deal".
The Spanish right has confirmed that it's now officially in bed with the far right which will be pulled into government if it wins the election next year. Dark times ahead.
Great G7 work from the Chancellor to table Chinese currency undervaluation - an issue the US bizarrely is no longer interested in.
There was a time - not long ago - when the US Treasury led on this.
Germany and France are showing leadership instead.
The NYT version of the deal even worse than CNN version. Iran gets all frozen funds up front. US removes forces in proximity to Iran. Iran and Oman administer Straits. Keeps getting worse.
CBS News mentions that Russia is running out of S-300 air defence systems. The S-300 is the mainstay of Russian air defence and is being systematically targeted by Ukraine that thus obtains air superiority over Russia for its drone attacks.
