By Richard D. Wolff U.S. capitalism was, in certain ways, the world’s most successful capitalism until recently. Better than the capitalist systems of Britain, Germany, and Japan, U.S. capitalism avoided two key traps. First, it […]
By Donald Forbes | TCW Defending Freedom FORTUNE has turned against US Democrats, eroding the tyranny of progressives, the ideological minority who control the Biden administration and swathes of the country’s key institutions such as education, […]
Tales of the American Empire | November 25, 2021 Tales of the American Empire has described the Empire’s involvement in the illegal narcotics trade for two centuries. The end of the Vietnam war was a […]
BY PAUL STREET Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The trial that exonerated the teen protester-killer, Kyle Rittenhouse, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the trial that convicted three white men of murdering the young Black man Ahmaud Arbery […]
BY NICK PEMBERTON Photograph Source: deckerme – CC BY 2.0 A diner can be a lonely place the morning after Thanksgiving, especially in an area so badly wracked by inflation and supply chain issues. But the customers […]
BY DEBORAH JAMES Photograph Source: Tryfon Kar – CC BY-SA 3.0 Too much is at stake at the upcoming 12th ministerial conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), set to take place from November 30 to […]
BY JOHN KENDALL HAWKINS They’re coming for our youth. They always have been. Trying to get at their thoughts (Abbie). Trying to find out what makes them tick (MKULTRA). Trying to ease their way into the […]
BY CHUCK CHURCHILL Photograph Source: PBS Newshour – CC BY 2.0 A recent Atlantic article by David Brooks, “The Terrifying Future of the American Right: What I Saw at the National Conservative Conference” lays out the latest thinking on […]
BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR “What need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to account?” – Macbeth My mind keeps going back to the gloves on Rittenhouse’s hands, glowing blue in the […]
BY EVE OTTENBERG Oil pollution in Lago Agrio. Photograph Source: Julien Gomba – CC BY 2.0 Veganism isn’t the answer to climate change, nor is eschewing air travel. Both help, but don’t tackle the problem systemically. Ending […]