The near-revolution in Spain in 1909 turns out to be more of a cause of World War 2 than a cause of World War 1 but it includes anarchism, conspiracy, revolution, and ends in a show trial. Our final p

Leading up to 1914 socialist movements all over Europe, notably in France and Germany, had become so strong that they were in the very halls of power. But when faced with the onset of the Great War, t

Was the collapse of the international gold standard established in 1873 in 1914, a sure sign that war was coming? Was gold a peaceful metal, as Michael Hudson has argued? Does the history of fin

In the August 2023 edition of In Real Time with Stan Cox (yes I know its September) we talk about his dispatch, The Hubris of Plutocrats, and the escape fantasies (and condos) of the super-rich. St

How close did Britain come to a civil war over the issue of Irish Home Rule? We talk about the long parliamentary road led by Parnell, the settler trick culminating in the seditious maneuvers in Ulste

In the First Balkan War, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro attacked the moribund Turkey to take its remaining territories and get Turkey out of Europe. In the Second Balkan War, they fought one

Stan Cox and I talk about Kim Stanley Robinson (KSR)s 2020 book, The Ministry for the Future, which is a hugely important book because it pictures how we could get from our current situation to a wor

After losing to Ethiopia, Italy tries to restore its reputation as a colonizer by invading Libya, following directly from Frances invasion of Morocco and leading directly to the Balkan War. The domin

Support for Apartheid South Africa, for dismantling democracy in Haiti and Honduras, destabilizing the Middle East, occupying Afghanistan, financing the arms industry… what drives Canada to constantly

The short Hafiziyya period in Morocco leads to the Treaty of Fez and annexation; Moroccos lost its sovereignty but its Germany that feels aggrieved. More scrambling for Africa and another inter-impe