Mine haven't started up yet thankfully, but I expect them to be early this year.
SeeingRed
joined 2 years ago
Definitely interesting to see. I'd be curious how this compares to the total wheat trade between the two countries and other trading partners, how that's changing over time, and why it's specifically happening now. Is this due to old agreements being unnecessary due to increased domestic production? Is this due to the global market favouring wheat purchases from other countries? Is there just less demand due to some other reason? There is the throwaway line about China being able to source from others, but no indication of who or why.
Obviously this is just Bloomberg so they're not going to dig into these sorts of things as they only care about the changes in prices for the sake of investors.
It's so nice to read these missives. They are so inspiring and the positive messages feel so genuine. The challenges are acknowledged, but they are not used in a decisive way.
The Soviet Union saved one of my Great Uncles from a concentration camp. Not quite the same, but I appreciate them none the less.
I genuinely recommend reading the book, it won't take you that long.
Key points I got are:
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Summary of the US policy toward Russia post USSR up to present
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There is a history of NATO moving east, and also a history of US weapons testing near the border and backing out of nuclear and arms treaties.
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Preliminary integration of Ukraine military and economy prior to any admittance into NATO, effectively making them an arm of NATO without formal admission
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A bunch of other history which contextualizes things. Seriously good extra context if you are not familiar with the history.
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Ultimately, the US and NATO are far more at fault for the tensions that led to the current crisis.
The image shows data from April.
In may Germany entered Recession: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/germany-enters-recession-2023-05-25/
While the G7/EU other countries may have mostly technically avoided recession, they have only done so barely so far.
Goodbye Petrodollar, history will not miss you.
It's a ways to go still, but this is a promising sign.
I think more important than co-op organizational structure would be a question of work place democracy. Are the workers given say over how their work is undertaken, do they have power over decisions? Ultimately under capitalism we are limited by the need to make enough profit to reproduce the business. The form that business takes when given those constraints can only be on some level exploitative.
The best you can do as an owner or part owner in the case of coops is to listen to your employees needs and compensate them as much as possible given the constraints of the budget.
The problem, as always, with capitalism is that exploitation goes into overdrive when the goal is to make a profit above the cost of production (including labour inputs) and this there is pressure to keep wages down and force longer hours.
If we had an unbiased look at his employees perspective and the finances, we could judge if he is engaging in profit making, or just earning enough to keep the lights on and to keep product moving. We can only take him at his word at this point.
Are there issues with this format, probably, but in the final analysis, will another pro communism propagandist be beneficial for the cause?