Socialist notes—anti-empire

From socialist notes to anti-imperialism in the ‘Indo-Pacific’.

A change in this newsletter’s orientation

Note #11: Europe’s far-right surge; defining ‘right wing’, ‘conservative’, ‘fascist’, ‘Nazi’

Note #8: ‘Raped and plundered’?; Einstein the socialist; US worker incomes; the bond market briefly explained

All about America and economics

Note #7: Trump’s tariffs through the prism of Marx and Bukharin

The logic of imperialist confrontation

Note #6: Adam Tooze and the liberal case for militarism; Australian strike figures; Marxist dictionary: “proletariat”

Note #5: Europe’s military spending explodes; Australia’s rich list; Victoria, The Cuckoo’s Nest

A bunch of charts

Note #4: The US defence industrial base

Are reports of its death greatly exaggerated?

Note #3: Count Trumpula; the rental crisis of Oz