On @ezraklein.bsky.social, @mattduss.bsky.social plants the flag:
• Progressive FP’s precondition is to break with Biden personnel and their aim of reviving US hegemony
• Its substance is solidarity: reform so different nationalities are not pitted against each other, so all workers enjoy security
I'm thrilled to be writing GREEN GIANT for PublicAffairs.
"The US now appears to control all the major power blocs in Venezuela.... Venezuela’s new acting President has become the local enforcer of the US National Security Strategy and the Trump Corollary." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bol...
GLOBAL MINIMUM WAGE MENTIONED
"In April, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, called on Peru’s next government to “take back” the Chinese-controlled port and said Washington would help."
In the market's defense, Prabowo is a terrible person doing state capitalism very badly newleftreview.org/issues/ii157...
Some nasty capital flight from the economy of the world's 4th most populous country
Prabowo: “The markets are not understanding me” 😬
"Peru’s June presidential runoff is drawing attention in China, where analysts are watching whether the next government will reshape ties with Beijing and place new pressure on Chancay, a Chinese-operated megaport" chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/05/29/p...
"Accelerated patrimonialism rather than developmental coordination seems the more likely outcome."