Death and Violence in America
It’s staggering the number of people dying in America in ways that are preventable.
The Outflow of Finance from the Periphery
Because of the outflow of finance from elsewhere in the world to the US, all major currencies are weakening against the dollar, including the euro and the pound-sterling. This article is about the weakening of third world currencies, of which the rupee is a prime example.
The Left Has a Lot to Celebrate After the Surprising Midterm Results
After the midterm elections in the US, more left-wing insurgents are going to the House, Bernie Sanders has two strong allies in the Senate and progressive ballot measures passed everywhere.
A New Vision for American Agriculture: The Just and Equitable Transition Toward Agroecology
As we enter a pandemic-induced economic recession and global climate crisis that will continue to intensify, with disproportionate impacts on frontline and vulnerable working class communities, there is an urgent need to fundamentally transform agricultural production.
The Will to Peace
Jawaharlal Nehru was a leader in the long anti-colonial struggle to free his own land and to inspire a fighting will in other lands under bondage. He lived to see victory and to move then to another epochal confrontation—the fight for peace after the Second World War.
Of, By, and For the Elite: The Class Character of the U.S. Constitution
The founding fathers of the US Constitution feared and hated the concept of democracy. They derisively referred to it as “tyranny of the majority.” The constitution that they wrote reflects this, and seeks to restrict and prohibit involvement of the people in key areas of decision making.
The Great American Power-Shift
Both explanations offered by the corporate-financial establishment — for the rise of Trumpism and for widening inequalities — leave out the increasing concentration of political power in the corporate and financial elite, which has been able to influence the rules on which the economy runs.
What’s Behind the Escalations in Korea?
For the first time in five years, tensions in the Korean peninsula are escalating. This comes in the context of a U.S. military buildup in the Pacific, driven by greater capitalist competition between the United States and China.
Elon’s Twitter
The world is coming to be dominated by the richest and most powerful people on the globe, who aren’t accountable to anyone for anything — for facts, truth, science or the common good. That’s Elon’s dream.
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What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know
A telling reminder of just what a strange and unnerving American world of war and secrecy we’ve been plunged into since September 11, 2001.