The War Racket
A critique of the extensive network of politicians, corporations and institutions that keep the military at the front and centre of Western politics.
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Capitalism | Economy | Human Rights | Online Blog | USA
Surviving the Killing Fields, a Worldwide Challenge
We must follow the bright lights arrayed across the world as grassroots movements campaign for environmental sanity and seek to abolish war.
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China | Online Blog | USA
Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
Trying to simply recreate a green equivalent of our present world, vehicle by vehicle, could prove but another formula for disaster.
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To Argue With the King of Growth
The myth of growth in our culture, whereby we perceive the accumulation of material and financial wealth as a proxy for social progress and human well-being. The example of Washington state illustrates how modern society struggles to abandon the illusion of limitless expansion, even when it tries to do right by its citizens.
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Bankrolling Violence
On the insidious role the financial markets play in the military industrial complex.
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COVID19 | Print Edition | USA
The Covid Debacle Rolls On
The U.S. represents 4% of the world’s population, 25% of global covid deaths and 23% of covid cases. The capitalist ideologues who infest our government are incapable of coping with disease. In a word, they are incompetent. So no, in this country, covid isn’t going anywhere. It’ll keep killing.
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Online Blog | Socialism | USA
What You Don’t Have and Why: The Never-Ending Impact of a Forgotten Blitzkrieg Against the American Left
The Socialists had been a significant force in American politics before they were so ruthlessly crushed in the 1920s. If the Socialist Party hadn’t been so hobbled, maybe they would have pushed the mainstream parties into creating a stronger social safety net that people today take for granted in countries like Canada or Denmark.
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The US and Israel Are Standing in the Way of Iran Nuclear Agreement
Current talks between Washington and Tehran’s rulers to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement have been stalled, and there is little hope that progress will be made any time soon. Naturally, the U.S. places the blame on Tehran. However, U.S. propaganda grossly distorts the reality of the situation.
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The Costs of Unlimited Growth: A View from Vietnam
Vietnam too has embraced the neoliberal order with open arms. It has led to sand mining, deforestation, overfishing in the South China Sea, and widespread water pollution.
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Afghanistan | Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
African People Bear the Weight of US’s Deadly “War on Terror” on the Continent
While AFRICOM training has not helped African security forces curb terrorism, it has enabled them to repress civilian protests against reactionary African leaders who align with U.S. interests. It has also boosted corporate profits associated with the lucrative counterterrorism industry.
