Portugal's housing trap: the central bank steps in

Portugal's house prices rose faster than almost every EU country for a decade. Now the central bank is pulling the emergency brake.

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The price of borrowing just hit a 19-year high. Now what?

Global bond yields are surging to levels not seen since before the 2008 crisis. Here is why every mortgage, business loan, and government budget is affected.

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Barbers in Cuban capital offer free haircuts amid economic crisis http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSngB1 #Cuba #Haircuts #EconomicCrisis #Barber #PersonalHygiene

Long read but well-worth it! First published in November 2020 but absolutely STILL relevant today!

“The Planet Cannot Heal until We Rip the Mask off the West’s War Machine”

by Jonathan Cook in The Palestine Chronicle

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“The role of the imperial project is to use violence as a tool to capture and funnel ever greater wealth – whether it be resources seized in foreign lands or the communal wealth of domestic western populations – into the pockets of the power establishment, and to exercise that power covertly enough, or at a great enough distance, that no meaningful resistance is provoked”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-planet-cannot-heal-until-we-rip-the-mask-off-the-wests-war-machine/

#Press #SocialMedia #West #WarMachine #Imperialism #US #UK #Capitalism #LateStageCapitalism #Oligarchy #Wealth #Military #EU #ClimateCrisis #SocialCrisis #EconomicCrisis #CIA #Wilson #Corbyn #Assange #Propaganda #Disinformation #Narrative #Lies #MSM

I almost cried reading this 😩

I'm sure not everyone who worked in retail in the 70s, 80s, and 90s had this experience but many did.

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Brace for the Oil Shock: U.S. Imperialism’s War to Blame for Worldwide Spike in Prices

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://communistusa.org/brace-for-the-oil-shock/

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„In Malawi's capital Lilongwe, drivers are struggling to fill up their tanks. People wait hours for petrol that's more than doubled in price since last year. Government price hikes and the war in Iran have created a perfect storm for the landlocked African nation.“

http://www.africanews.com/2026/05/21/fuel-crisis-threatens-to-bring-malawi-to-a-standstill/

Fuel crisis threatens to bring Malawi to a standstill | Africanews

In Malawi's capital Lilongwe, drivers are struggling to fill up their tanks. People wait hours for petrol that's more than doubled in price since last year. Government price hikes and the war in Iran have created a perfect storm for the landlocked African nation.

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Japan is cornered and it's everyone's problem

The world's most indebted country is watching its borrowing costs hit records not seen since before the financial crisis. The fallout won't stay in Tokyo.

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Gulf crisis: shortages of oil, fuel and gas due to Strait of Hormuz disruption
Prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is causing real shortages of oil, fuel and gas worldwide. Existing stockpiles initially softened the impact, but mounting damage to Gulf infrastructure is worsening the crisis.

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Δήλωση του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη για το μνημονιακό μπλοκ που βυσσοδομεί ξανά - ΜέΡΑ25

https://mera25.gr/dilosi-tou-giani-varoufaki-gia-to-mnimoniako-blok-pou-vyssodomei-xana/

#memorandum #WolfgangSchäuble #Varoufakis #MeRA25 #Greece #economy #crisis #economicCrisis #demography #block #blocchiamoTutto

Δήλωση του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη για το μνημονιακό μπλοκ που βυσσοδομεί ξανά

Κάθε Τρίτη πρωί, μετά τη Δευτεριάτικη προβολή από τον ΣΚΑΪ άλλου ένα επεισόδιου του Ντοκιμαντέρ της Τρόικας, το μνημονιακό μπλοκ βυσσοδομεί.

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