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THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ TURNS INTO DIRE STRAITS FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY.

I was going to wait for the markets to open on Monday to analyse the effect of a closed Straits of Hormuz on the oil and stock markets. But in this war there have been so many sudden moves that it is impossible to say whether or not the Straits will still be closed by the time the markets open on Monday. But if the Straits remain closed there is going to be a bloodbath on the international markets, a salutary lesson for all those speculators jumping on the wagon to make an early buck based on rumour even if that rumour comes from the President.

THE LATEST ON IRAN, AI AND US CORPORATE PROFITABILITY IN Q4 2025.

TO BELIEVE TRUMP IS THE TEST OF STUPIDITY WHICH WALL STREET JUST PASSED.

THE WAR AGAINST IRAN ENTERS ITS SECOND MONTH. TRUMP FLOUNDERS WHILE THE WORLD ECONOMY BEGINS TO WILT.

TRUMP POSTPONES MEETING XI IN BEIJING. ANOTHER TRAPDOOR IN THE DECLINE OF THE US EMPIRE.

SHARPENING THE PROPAGANDA STRUGGLE BY UNDERSTANDINGHOW THE BRAIN WORKS, AND HOW THE CAPITALISTSTAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.

This article is written in anticipation of the large march in London on the 28th March organised by the Left and the Unions in opposition to the growth of the far-right. It seeks to provoke a discussion on how we understand the growth of the far-right and how we challenge it, not through dismissing those who have gravitated to the right, but how that path was prepared for them by the betrayals of the major Political Parties and the media. This article adds an additional element often overlooked, how the ruling class and their propagandists exploit evolutionary advantages to achieve these goals.

A comrade who has a subscription to Claude AI (Google) fed my article into the programme and this is what it came up with. In some ways it is sharper, more focused as well as accentuating the political. Impressive.

THE GERMAN AND JAPANESE ECONOMY BEFORE THE IRAN WAR

THE CHINESE ECONOMY IN THE RUN-UP TO THE IRAN WAR.

This article examines key metrics that describe the state of the Chinese economy. This was made possible by the recent release of official data covering 2025. I have also attached the 2025 profit release by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Over the next two weeks I will prepare the 2025 rate of profit for the US, Germany & Japan.

ALL IRAN NEEDS TO DO IS TO SURVIVE.

IRAN: THE US EXERCISES THE VENEZUELAN PLAYBOOK. WILL IT WORK AND CAN BRICS SURVIVE?

I delayed this article until the oil markets opened on Sunday evening to view the oil price following the outbreak of the war and the closure of the Straits of Hormuz.