The People’s Republic of Walmart
Irrespective of what the neoliberal ideology says, corporate managers know the pitfalls of the free market; all giant corporations are centralized to a level akin to the Soviet Union.
Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal”
It is nothing more than a scheme to give an Arab stamp of approval to Israel’s status quo of land theft, home demolitions, and other abuses of Palestinian rights.
With 50,000 COVID-19 Deaths and Highest New Daily Cases in World, India’s Outlook is Grim
The spread of the coronavirus epidemic in India looks almost unstoppable.
‘Green Economic Growth’ Is a Myth
There are ‘no realistic scenarios’ to make the economic growth demanded by capitalism compatible with a safe climate, researchers who advised the United Nations found.
Capitalism and Democracy in Constant Conflict: Why?
The capitalist economic system has always had a big problem with politics in societies with universal suffrage.
My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
The Kurdish leader calls for a “democratic nation project” able to unite citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.
“Dripping with Blood and Dirt”: How British Capitalism Relied on Slavery
In response to the global explosion of the new Black Lives Matter wave, young people in Britain are taking unprecedented steps to reappraise the British legacy of imperialism and colonialism.
Black Labor and the Fight for Reparations
Corporate America owes its wealth and power over us to the dead labor of generations of Black people who were literally worked to death.
Revisiting the Idea of Pigou Wealth Tax in the Time of Covid-19
Pigou’s proposals for higher taxes on the wealthy individuals need to be revisited in the light of triple crises of coronavirus: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a financial crisis.
US GDP in Historic Freefall – Two Articles
Never before in modern US history—not even in the worse quarters of the 1930s Great Depression—has the US economy contracted so quickly and so deeply!