The lessons that the bourgeoisie learned from the great systemic crisis of the 1930s have long been forgotten in Trump’s Washington. Tomasz Konicz, 06.04.2025, Originally published on konicz.info on 03/28/25 Want some more? When it comes to tariffs and trade barriers, the U.S. president is known to be extravagant. In response to the EU’s announcement

With its protectionist tariff policy, the new U.S. government is ushering in the end of the age of neoliberal globalization. Tomasz Konicz, 06.04.2025, Originally published in jungle world on 02/27/2025 Protectionism is likely to become the new normal. The first foreign policy reflex of the new U.S. administration was to instigate trade wars. At the

The Chinese AI company Deepseek is shaking up the business model of the emerging industry. Tomasz Konicz, 06.04.2025, Originally published on konicz.info on 02/16/2025 The shockwaves that the Chinese AI model DeepSeek sent through the American high-tech industry also produced ironic, downright comical moments. ChatGPT developer OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft, accused the Chinese

Trump’s move will probably lead to an end to the war, but how much will Ukraine have to pay? Tomasz Konicz, Originally published in analyse & kritik on 02/18/2025 Are the imperialists in the Kremlin on the home stretch of their war of aggression in Ukraine? With right-wing populist Donald Trump taking office, Ukraine’s already

The purges and deportations threatened by Trump have already begun. Tomasz Konicz, 21.03.2025Originally published on konicz.info on 02/06/2025 It seems that what follows neoliberalism is based on the methods that neoliberalism used in previous decades to implement its infamous structural adjustment programs. They are fascistoid decay products of neoliberalism that are now unwinding the neoliberally

Remarks on the development of late capitalist democracy in authoritarian Germany. Tomasz Konicz, 20.03.2025Originally published on konicz.info on 01/28/2025 It is a primitive, obvious scam that anyone who wants to can see through immediately: Every time a person with a migration background, a refugee or a foreigner commits a crime, a new round of fascization

America’s Oligarchic Path into the Coming Era of Fascist Crisis Management Tomasz Konicz, 18.03.2025Originally published on konicz.info on 01/22/2025 The catastrophe that not only America is now heading for was already looming before Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. “Nothing would fundamentally change” if he were elected, Biden assured wealthy donors at a New York campaign

How the democratic center of crisis-ridden Germany is paving the way for fascism Tomasz Konicz, 17.03.2025 Originally published on konicz.info on 01/28/25 and updated on 02/01/25 The ease and smoothness with which the fascization of Germany is taking place in the 2025 election campaign is downright dizzying. It is happening in rapid succession, and it

By Tomasz Konicz / March 15, 2025 A brief overview of the crisis-driven dismantling of the remnants of American hegemony by the Trump administration. Greenland and Panama, Mexico and Canada — plus some Gaza beaches and Boers from South Africa. The first weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency were downright surreal in terms of foreign