Category: USA
An Interview with Henry Giroux on Democracy in Crisis
NOVANEWS The Specter of Authoritarianism and the Future of the Left by C.J. POLYCHRONIOU 1. It is widely believed that the advanced liberal societies are suffering a crisis of democracy, a view you share wholeheartedly, […]
The Democrats’ New Fake Populism
NOVANEWS By Shamus Cooke Global Research It would have been hilarious were it not so nauseating. One could only watch the recent “New Populism” conference with pity-induced discomfort, as stale Democratic politicians did their awkward best to adjust […]
The US Empire is in Decline
NOVANEWS Krauthammer is Right, for Once! by DAVE LINDORFF I was shocked to find myself in almost perfect agreement today with a recent column by the neoconservative pundit Charles Krauthammer. Usually Krauthammer has me groaning, […]
Monster Capitalism and the Complicit State
NOVANEWS The “Close-Embrace” System by NORMAN POLLACK The phrase “close-embrace” to describe the incestuous relationship between business and government in advanced capitalism is by Masao Maryuma, a Japanese political scientist to describe corporate concentration under […]
American Foreign Policy, the Dollar and Putin’s Pivot
NOVANEWS Chickens Coming Home to Roost by RENEE PARSONS It is more than ironic that with an economically unsustainable $17 trillion debt, the US continues to overreach itself with assorted political threats and untenable military adventures as […]
Weakening Surveillance Reform
NOVANEWS Perfection as the Enemy of the Good by BINOY KAMPMARK Last week saw a flurry of legislative to-and-fro on the Hill as the US House of Representatives pondered the passage of legislation aimed at […]
Crimea: an EU-US-Exxon Screwup
NOVANEWS Did a Neoliberal Energy Grab Backfire? by PIERRE M. SPREY and FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY On 17 May, William Broad’s piece, “In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves”, appeared in the New York […]
The Economics of Contempt
NOVANEWS Obama’s Drive-By of Black America by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR If it’s spring, it must be time for Barack Obama’s annual drive-by of black America, where he piously lectures African-Americans on the state of their […]
Down With Western ‘Democracy’!
NOVANEWS More Than a Voting Booth by ANDRE VLTCHEK A specter is haunting Europe and Western world — it is this time, the specter of fascism. It came quietly, without great fanfare and parades, without […]