The Daily Shaarli

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May 27, 2024

Tariffs, technology and industrial policy – Michael Roberts Blog
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The latest tariff measures won’t be the last. The US elite is determined to strangle the Chinese economy, not only to ‘protect’ its weakening industrial sectors, but also eventually bring about ‘regime change’ in China itself. The US reckons it still has time as China and the so-called BRICS nations are still well behind the economic and financial power of the US-led imperialist bloc.

The Reactionary International
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Tribune | This week in Madrid, a Vox party rally brought together Holocaust deniers, Israeli officials and right-wing leaders from around the world — putting Spain at the centre of a new far-right international movement.

Inside CBC, concerns emerge about broadcaster’s response to Palestine essay
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The Breach | Several employees at CBC say the anti-Palestinian bias documented in The Breach reflect their own experiences

Loblaw’s Great Canadian Grocery Gouge
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Jacobin | Loblaw’s shareholders are laughing all the way to the bank while Canadians struggle to put food on the table. A recent consumer boycott of the grocery giant has sparked a national debate on food affordability and corporate profits.

Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow | That's a pretty good model for understanding what's happened to Red Lobster: monopoly power and monopsony power begat more monopolies and monoposonies in the supply chain. Everything that hasn't consolidated is defenseless: diners, restaurant workers, fishermen, and the environment. We're all fucked.