Planning the Future
Covid-19 has shown once again that the market can’t rise to the challenges we face – we need to replace the market with a system of democratic planning.
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.
Never Surrender in Portland, Oregon
A whole new generation of Americans have decided that non-stop resistance is the only way to confront the lethal power structure that is determined to tattoo obedience on their very souls.
Capitalism and Democracy in Constant Conflict: Why?
The capitalist economic system has always had a big problem with politics in societies with universal suffrage.
Covid-19: Fears of Mass Hunger, Increasing Child Deaths and Children Dropping Out of School Worldwide – Three Articles
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating the world; but the human cost from the economic fallout could be worse than the virus itself.
Bolivia’s Ongoing Coup – Three Articles
Faced with a victory for Evo Morales’ party, the Bolivian govt has postponed elections once again – the latest attack on democracy by a coup regime backed by Western powers. This time, the people are mobilising against it as never before.
Agro-Imperialism in the Time of Covid-19
The supply chains of the big food companies, which have always been dangerous places for workers, have now become hotspots for Covid-19 infections and transmission.
Essential—and Expendable—Mexican Labor
In the days of Covid-19, the US is effectively exporting Covid-19 deaths through considerable official pressure on Mexico to keep the maquiladoras running, despite high infection rates.
अवैज्ञानिक पद्धतीने केलेली अपयशी टाळेबंदी
विद्या कृष्णन आणि अथिरा कोन्निकारा, १९ मे २०२० १.३ अब्ज भारताची लोकसंख्या मागच्या अनेक दिवसांपासून जगातील सर्वात कडेकोट टाळेबंदीत असूनही भारत चीनला मागे टाकून आशिया-पॅसिफिक या भागातील कोरानाचे केंद्र बनत आहे. देशात असणाऱ्या परिस्थितीला तोंड देण्यासाठी राष्ट्रीय कार्य दल स्थापन करण्यात आले ज्याच्या साह्याने सरकार वैज्ञानिक दृष्टिकोन ठेऊन योग्य ती पावले उचलण्यास कार्यक्षम असावी. परंतु…
Income Inequality Is Growing Fast in China and Making it Look More Like the US
Study provides the first systematic estimates of the level and structure of China’s national wealth since the beginning of market reform