THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Great Con’ ….
Nigel Farage is manoeuvring as he always has: by deception. By Tom McTague
Donald Trump’s 4 July parade was an assault on the senses. By Freddie Hayward
When listening to Badenoch speak, it is important to remember she is suffering from delusion. By Will Dunn
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘A Load of Hot Air’ – Trump and America at 250….
In case you missed Donald Trump’s triumphalist address marking America’s 250th anniversary, you weren’t alone. Lightning storms caused by an extreme heatwave sent the Washington crowds scattering and delayed the US president’s address by four hours – but it was still a trademark piece of Trumpian dystopia, a highly politicised polemic that followed on from a white nationalist march on the streets of the capital.
David Smith’s brilliant feature essay this week reveals how the US president has hijacked the country’s milestone anniversary and turned it into a joyless, farcical series of largely self-serving events. And from Moscow to Mexico City, there’s a terrific reported feature from our correspondents around the globe on how the world views America at 250 in the age of Trump.
Spotlight | At the ayatollah’s funeral, Iranians call for revenge
Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’, reports diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour
Environment | The changing symphony of Britain’s dawn chorus
The country has lost an estimated 73 million wild birds from its landscape over the last 50 years, but a new project aims to recreate their sound. By Sandra Laville and Madeleine Finlay
Feature | Morality and the machine
Since 2017, philosopher Iason Gabriel has worked at Google DeepMind, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference, asks Robert P Baird
Opinion | Thank heavens for the pope
In a political wasteland dominated by billionaires, war criminals and mega-corporations, the head of the Catholic church is a rare figure of moral leadership, argues Simon Tisdall
Culture | An invitation you can’t refuse
Director Olivia Wilde and co-star Edward Norton talk to Catherine Shoard about The Invite, their new movie about marital bed death that is the season’s buzziest, funniest release
THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Reading shaped the modern mind. Its decline will reshape it—and transform civilization, Rose Horowitch argues in our August cover story.
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. By Rose Horowitch
Animators are figuring out whether to fight or accept the new technology that’s coming for their jobs. By Shirley Li
Graham Platner’s unfitness for office was clear long ago. By Mike Nelson
“I think it’s over,” President Trump said, referring to the preliminary truce. Iran earlier said it had targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. strikes.
The moment President Trump landed in Turkey, the center of gravity shifted right to where he likes it best: himself.
Federal officials said they would withhold some money unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship and conduct costly audits.
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MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Global Structural Crisis of Capital’…
The notion of a “global structural crisis of capital” defining our times was first introduced by István Mészáros in the third edition of his Marx’s Theory of Alienation in 1971, and in his Isaac Deutscher Memorial Lecture, “The Necessity of Social Control” that same year.2 In 1995 in Beyond Capital, Mészáros distinguished the emerging, epochal structural crisis of capital from the cyclical and conjunctural crises that are “capital’s natural mode of existence.”
Capitalism and Cognition: The Fate of Science in a System in Decline
Tech Billionaires, the AI Threat, and Resistance
Value Chains in the Digital Age: Labor Exploitation and Systemic Ecocide
Imperialism in a Full World: Neomercantilism and the Return of the Zero-Sum Game
Why Can China Resist Financialization?
The focus of the summit is expected to be on what other countries in the alliance have done about President Trump’s demand to increase military spending.
The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more.
Beijing had long tested nuclear missiles only within its borders. A rare launch over an ocean shows it is determined to narrow the gap with the United States.
Missiles were fired into Ukraine’s capital as Russia launched its second major attack in less than a week. At least 12 people were killed, officials said.
Ukraine has altered how militaries use Patriot systems. But recent attacks prove that clever adaptations cannot overcome a shortage of interceptors.
Some worry that the party’s growing appetite for outsider candidates, who vow to overhaul the system, could be costly in November.
In an interview, Turkey’s top diplomat, Hakan Fidan, said the relationship between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump could ease NATO tensions.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘America at 250’
Restlessness is what prevents the republic from sinking into stagnation
Fable is free. But the technology desperately needs better regulations4 min read
Both have much to gain from being less belligerent
The government’s response has been dire. Its patron has a duty to help
President Trump’s earnings in office are at a level once unimaginable for any leader of a liberal democracy, particularly a sitting American president.
A new mandatory disclosure revealed that the president had earned $2.2 billion during the first year back in the White House.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are pivotal players at a moment when the posts of U.S. ambassador to Moscow and Kyiv are both vacant.
“Are we in the Soviet Union now?” said one Russian, stunned and frustrated by the waits at the gas pumps.
Escalating drone strikes, fuel shortages and power cuts in the region Russia annexed are among the factors turning up the heat on President Vladimir V. Putin.
THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘
A loss of public faith in higher education and and what it represents for the larger community. This issue also features a Symposium on Aspects of 1776 in commemoration of America at 250.
Higher education has dealt with epistemic revolution before.
Why are college administrators so eager to adopt AI?
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