The Marxist In The Machine

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called an ongoing settler siege of Palestinian homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Qusra an “act of terror,” though he has defended the borader settler movement and the IDF despite its failure to end the siege after five days. Starting on Sunday, Jewish settlers set up […]

The majority of members of Iran’s parliament have issued a statement saying that President Trump’s “termination” of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding shows that Iran’s problems with the US cannot be solved through negotiations. The statement, signed by 180 of the 290 members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, called for action to be taken in […]

Japan's Electricity Prices Surge 25% As LNG And Coal Costs Soar Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice, Japan's average power prices jumped by over 25% at the start of this week from the previous week amid soaring LNG and higher coal prices. The nationwide power price rose by over 25% week-to-week to $0.19 (31.15 Japanese yen) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on Monday, Bloomberg reported, citing data from Japan Electric Power Exchange. Japan, one of the world's biggest LNG importers, this summer reduced gas-fired generation in favor of coal as the price of liquefied natural...