Author Archives: Yves Smith

‘Hands Off Our Pensions’: Belgian Workers Take to the Streets in General Strike Against Austerity Measures

The latest national strike in a series over a year and a half against policies that a union leader said will heighten inequality and poverty

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Iran War: Iran Escalates With Threat of Even Higher Level of Enrichment, Assertion of Larger Gulf Control Area as US Revealed to Have Lost 39 Planes and Press Gives Ever More Coverage to Economic Damage; Israel Political Meltdown Could Stymie Further Attacks; Trump More Visibly Losing His Mind

Today’s Iran war watch: Iran ups demands as more evidence of US weakness and Trump insanity emerges, and the economy is collateral damage.

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