Jon Rynn

My article at Counterpunch, with some cool pics from Jeffrey St. Clair www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/h...

"The struggle with the climate crisis is often likened to a war, so perhaps such orders should be considered. Or how about large-scale state financing, ownership and operation of clean energy resources? That’s what we see in China." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At least there is some interest in rebuilding manufacturing? prospect.org/2026/07/13/c...

Read this story. This is MOST IMPORTANT thing Mamdani is doing, rebuilding state capacity so progressives don't just pass nice-sounding laws but DELIVER results. It's also about ending mindless contracting out - and having govt control the tech it deploys. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...

The same strain of community organizing that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the BQE for good. The only caveat: the BQE, like the old West Side Highway, would have to fail first.

Applies to the US too -- "If some fraction of the new [European] defense spending were directed not toward conventional military hardware but toward renewable energy deployment ...the security benefit would be real, lasting, and ours." stansburyforum.com/2026/06/13/c...

You can transit while avoiding the missiles for free, or you can subscribe to Hormuz Premium to switch the missiles off.

nathannewman.substack.com/p/weve-never...

This could work in New York City: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

Comrade Ezra Klein endorsing a public AI: "Perhaps there should be at least one frontier-level model under direct public control." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/o... An example of using AI to decrease consultant costs, empower employees & aid government: nateglubish.substack.com/p/they-said-...

"When you have resisted the propaganda that has enslaved the minds of millions of your fellow citizens, and grasped the hidden truth that the authorities have sought to conceal, your burden is heavy, and the desire to share your revelations irrepressible." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

www.axios.com/2026/05/28/a...

[Using money created by the govt], "Capital investment, would use borrowed funds to build tangible national assets ... Because this builds physical capacity and raises productivity, rather than driving consumer spending, it doesn’t cause consumer inflation." www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/e...

commonedge.org/the-car-trap...

We do have an “incredible history,” Jeff Bezos. But a long tradition of historical scholarship challenges the idea that “free markets” was a “founding pillar” of the United States. I trace some of this history and historiography in my book, FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Why Spain has the world's greatest cities worksinprogress.co/issue/why-sp...

My newest substack post: open.substack.com/pub/jonrynn/...

www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/t...

Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough, www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/a...

@neildegrassetyson.com speculates that "If an alien emissary landed in Los Angeles, for example, its first impression might be that Earth’s dominant life-form is the automobile." Guess what? They would be correct! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

"We don’t need to take on its political system — China, of course, hasn’t adopted ours. But when it comes to industrial focus, farsighted infrastructure investment and long-term national planning, there is now much that we can learn from China." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/o...

Peak Jeffrey St. Clair, www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/01/r...

The amount of inequality created by capitalism depends on how we structure it cepr.net/publications...

Jon's Substack jonrynn.substack.com?utm_campaign...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PEt...

stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/agenda Excellent start, but I think it would be good to advocate for national, Federally built electricity grid, high-speed rail network and new transit systems, and housing, as I explain at GreenNewDealPlan.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kinm...

The best interview of the great climate/energy reporter David Roberts, bsky.app/profile/volt... (you may need to subscribe to Krugman's substack, but there is a free option) paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...?

Another good article from the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

This is why I still subscribe to the Washington Post...for now www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

4.5 trillion to have a brand new, totally renewable national electricity system, as I proposed in my GreenNewDealPlan.com what’s not to like? newrepublic.com/article/2079...

"But large-scale public investment in green technology [in Spain] could kill two birds with one stone, providing a major economic jolt and reducing America’s leverage over Europe." ya think? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

@kylekulinskishow.bsky.social talks about a "New New Deal", catching up to China, which is the point of GreenNewDealPlan.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=amkU...

China's entire national electrical grid is state-owned. They have now committed to spending about the equivalent of $100 billion a year for the next five years to upgrade the grid. I proposed an Interstate Renewable Electricity Grid at GreenNewDealPlan.com for the US www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Since "The most straightforward solution, therefore, was massive investment in the kind of public works programs that had revitalized the American workforce a generation prior", I'm sure Rustin would have liked a GreenNewDealPlan.com www.damagemag.com/p/why-rustin...

That's why the government has to do it directly as was done during the New Deal with the WPA, CCC, etc, eg GreenNewDealPlan.com

Their conclusion: "Green spending channeled through private firms alone is unlikely to build ground-up coalitions for climate policy."

The key to long-term wealth of a country is labor productivity, and China is gaining a lead on the US because it is using AI and manufacturing together, instead of trying to suck in customers to get addicted to 'their' chatbot or replace white collar workers: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

I think Noah Smith nails the explanation of why Trump loves tariffs: "Although the tariffs had their origin in 1990s-era worries about trade deficits, they ended up as a way to make the Presidency more like a dictatorship. " open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...

This seems like it should be in The Onion, but unfortunately it's actually being planned: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Giridhardas explains that government doesn't self-promote, and so people forget/ignore the benefits of the state; corporate propagandists spend billions claiming only the market can work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFgI...