O mapeamento do complexo industrial-militar-tecnológico dos Estados Unidos organizado por Francesca Bria e José Bautista revela, de forma gráfica, as relações entre as empresas de tecnologia, seus controladores, os fundos de venture capital e o governo do presidente Donald #Trump a partir de compras públicas de serviços digitais. Somente um contrato com a Palantir Technologies, que unificou outros 75 acordos, totaliza US$ 10 bilhões.
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Yet these #progressive demands inherently threaten #capital itself because they raise #production costs, empower #workers & weaken the endless drive for #accumulation that #capitalism depends on.

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With no outside to draw from, they turn to coercion. #Repression becomes the only means to preserve #accumulation, often with the direct or indirect support of the core powers.

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This #imperial outlet is not available to nations on the periphery. When #workers & #environmental movements in the #South demand #justice, their ruling classes cannot offset those demands through external #exploitation.

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Even those states often praised as moral examples, such as the #Scandinavian countries, rely on vast transfers of value from the #globalSouth through unequal exchange. Their #social stability is built on the hidden #exploitation of others.

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Yet these #progressive demands inherently threaten #capital itself because they raise #production costs, empower #workers & weaken the endless drive for #accumulation that #capitalism depends on.

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At its core, #socialdemocracy seeks a balance between #capitalist #profit motives & #socialist calls for fair #wages, quality #public services & #ecological protection.

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A section of the border wall on a hill in the Guadalupe canyon.

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China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete rollback of restrictions as hoped by Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/08/china-rare-earth-export-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #rareearths #trade

Japanese automakers warned that President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs will cost them billions in lost profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/08/companies/japan-automakers-billions-tariff-losses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cars #carmakers #toyota #honda #nissan #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

#US strikes another alleged drug boat bringing death toll from campaign in #LatinAmerica to 70

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/us-strikes-another-alleged-drug-boat-latin-america

> US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to America

The Kremlin dismissed speculation that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had fallen out of favor with Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/putin-sour-lavrov-speculation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #sergeylavrov #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #russia

For all you #GOP #isolationists, #Trump is putting #BootsOnTheGround

#US steps up presence in #Gaza to support fragile #ceasefire
The #USmilitary *led* “coordination center” charged with implementing Trump’s *peace* plan in Gaza is replacing #Israel as the overseer of *humanitarian aid* to the enclave, even as multiple people familiar with the cell’s first weeks of operations have described it as chaotic, indecisive & ineffective.

#geopolitics #HumanitarianCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/07/us-centcom-gaza-israel-trump-peace/

The U.S. Supreme Court has paused a judge's order requiring U.S. President Donald Trump to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/trump-partial-food-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #food #aid #donaldtrump

North Korean Defense Minister No Kwang Chol threatened on Saturday to take "more offensive action" as he condemned U.S. security talks with Seoul and the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/asia-pacific/north-korea-offensive-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #usmilitary

Did U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder? Extensive quotes from the president in a key filing may change the legal calculus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/08/economy/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-strategic-blunder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #globaleconomy

The U.S. has warned it could force airlines to cut up to 20% of flights if the government shutdown did not end, as U.S. airlines scramble to make unprecedented government-imposed reductions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/us-flight-cuts-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #republicans #democrats #congress #donaldtrump #airlines #tourism

U.S. President Donald Trump granted Hungary an exemption from sanctions on purchases of Russian oil, providing a major win for Prime Minister Viktor Orban. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/politics/trump-hungary-orban-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #hungary #viktororban #oil #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar

Crosses mark the graves where unidentified people, some of them migrants who tried to cross into the US, are buried near #Tijuana

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The fence ends on a hill above Tijuana.

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