Germany Is Still Run by Nazi Billionaires
‘Nazi Billionaires’, a new book by Bloomberg journalist David de Jong, reminds us who runs Germany: the grandchildren of war criminals.
Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Mental Health is a Class Issue
We can’t fight capitalism or imperialism without confronting the psychic suffering that these systems have spread far and wide among us
Chile’s New Constitution Will Empower Chilean Workers
After decades of its dictatorship-era constitution drastically reducing the rights of workers, women, and others, a new constitution is on the way in Chile. The draft paves the way for collective labor rights, public health care, and much more.
An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance
We see an abundance of food but skyrocketing prices. The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system. It is not the first time the U.S. has engineered a major crisis to maintain global hegemony.
US Taunts Russia to Escalate in Ukraine
While Russia is steadily winning the ground war in Ukraine, the US is determined not to lose the information war.
Why Lithium Power Politics are Playing Out Very Differently in Chile and Bolivia
The people of Potosí in Bolivia, like the people of Tierra Amarilla in Chile, want to imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the sources of the metal and one that does not destroy the earth, creating sinkholes everywhere.
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Europe for Peace: A Movement Grows – 2 Articles
On a weekend of coordinated protests across Europe calling for and end to the war in Ukraine; Also – “Despair and Joy in Berlin”: on the biggest peace rally in Berlin in many, many years.
The New Corporate Dictators – Super-Rich & Super-Immune
Ever since the heads of East India Trading Company (1600) and Hudson Bay Company (1670), were incorporated by English Royal charters, there have been corporate dictators. Their range and actions, have varied widely however. Today’s new corporate dictators shatter past restraints.
Long Live the Heroes of the International Brigades!
Dolores Ibárruri’s (‘La Pasionaria’) famous Farewell Address to the International Brigades, delivered in Barcelona on 28th October 1938.
Remembering One of Humanity’s Worst Catastrophe’s—77 Years On
Each anniversary of the atomic bombings provides us a unique opportunity to study and reflect on the horrors of possible nuclear war and the massive destruction already wrought by pursuing nuclear madness.