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RACE | On anti-Asian racism: The historical record abroad and at home
With the election of Joe Biden, the shift in the direction of escalating tensions with China has continued. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Why is the United States returning to … Continue reading
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There may be an alternative to Obama’s pro-corporate trade deal
It seems unlikely, but should Obama decide to extricate himself from an inconvenient initiative, here’s a way out. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | May 10, 2014 President Obama’s recent progressive initiatives — pursuing diplomacy with Iran, opening … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Global New Deal, Obama Foreign Policy, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden, Trade Policies, Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Obama’s foreign policy bait and switch
Obama focused on defending his policies from the warhawks instead of the ‘pivot’ to Asia and maintenance of unilateral global hegemony. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2014 President Obama chose to ignore the most … Continue reading
Jack A. Smith : Obama, China, and the Middle East
Samantha Powers, Susan Rice (“two cats among pigeons”), and President Obama. Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP. Foreign policy pivot?Obama, China, and the Middle East Obama has transferred the brunt of U.S. foreign/military policy away from the Middle East and … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Jack A. Smith, Middle East, Obama Foreign Policy, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Syrian Civil War, U.S. Military, Xi Jinping
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Jack A. Smith : Obama and Romney Differ Little on Foreign Policy
Obama and Romney: Birds of a feather? Caricature by DonkeyHotey.Birds of a feather? Obama and Romney havesimilar views on foreign policy The back and forth between the candidates on international issues is largely about appearance, not substance. By Jack A. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, American Hegemony, China, Imperialism, Jack A. Smith, Mitt Romney, Obama Foreign Policy, U.S. Military
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James McEnteer : Feeling Trapped?
Traffic jam in China. Photo from MSN.Feeling trapped?Miner problems, major paralysis We may not be hung up in a Chilean copper mine or a Chinese traffic jam, but we’re stuck just the same in our own intractable dilemmas… By James … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Beijing, China, James McEnteer, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Steve Weissman : Chinese Revolt Exposes Washington’s Folly
Rebiya Kadeer” : Her skirts are hardly snow white. Photo from the Sunday Morning Herald.Chinese Revolt Exposes Washington’s Folly Rebiya Kadeer, the fascinating woman at the center of the cock-up, would never be taken for a modern-day Mata Hari. By … Continue reading
Greg Moses : Chinese Dragon in Aftershock?
Chinese dragon: still snorting through the global depression? Image from Scrape TV.Still time to put jobs first? In the chatter of Chinese ministers sounds a worry that the ‘socialist market economy’ could come out of the economic crisis fatter than … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Red Bard: ‘The Poems of Mao Zedong’
If I had to compare Mao to an American I’d say he was akin to Whitman, though I’d add that Whitman’s lines are longer, that the rhythms feel different and the voices aren’t the same. Mao is never as tender … Continue reading
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Tagged Banned Books Week, China, Chinese Communists, Cultural Revolution, Jonah Raskin, Mao Zedong, Poetry, Poets
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Roger Baker : Getting a Read on this Economy Business
‘We can now observe that the creation of unlimited credit by unregulated investment banks, together with peak/near peak oil causing a steep oil price rise, is together enough to trigger a panicky deflationary spiral that has its own complex dynamics.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Economic Collapse, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Peak Oil, Recession, World Economy
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Dude. 2,700-Year-Old Marijuana Stash Found in China.
Marijuana: A Tribute.‘The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.’By The Canadian Press / November 27, 2008 OTTAWA – Researchers say they … Continue reading
Varieties of State Capitalism : China’s Plan to Kickstart its Economy
An elevated highway site near Hangzhou, the sort of project that would be financed in a new economic stimulus package. Photo by Qilai Shen / European Pressphoto Agency.‘China has a more efficient kind of state-nourished capitalism; they can mandate that … Continue reading
