Fresh audio product: Indonesia, DSA

Just added to my radio archive (click on date for link): September 4, 2025 John Roosa on what’s behind the riots in Indonesia • David Duhalde on DSA and its ancestor, Debs’s Socialist Party (paper here)

Fresh audio product: French riots, US collapse

Just added to my radio archive (click on date for link): July 13, 2023 Harrison Stetler on the riots in France • Peter Turchin, complexity theorist and author of End Times, on why the US is heading for a smashup

Riots and stock values

An interesting comment from Jim Reid of Deutsche Bank in the wake of swooning stock markets and riots in London: Although not linked to the sell-off we can’t help thinking that we live in socially volatile times generally due to economic hardship. This is something that may eventually have ramifications for Europe’s future in the years ahead. If the person on the street and voters get fed up of the Euro straight [sic] jacket then days like yesterday in financial markets could look mild. Yup. There’s no doubt that the strength in… Read More