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The 6th mass extinction is a product of capitalism — not population growth
by Barnaby Philips via RCG Every particular mode of production has its own special laws of population, which are...
The German Election: The West’s Nervous Breakdown Continues
by Gregory Barrett, September 25, 2017 Following Sunday’s nationwide parliamentary election here in Germany I can hear the mocking...
America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
by Lynn Parramore, April 20, 2017, via Institute for New Economic Thinking A new book by economist Peter Temin...
The Economics of Imperialism
Philip Roddis The most important book I’ve read in years is John Smith’s Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation...
Venezuela Under Siege by U.S. Empire
by David William Pear, July 20, 2017, The Real News Network It is all about the oil. Whatever else one...
How Prison Labor Is the New American Slavery
by Sara Burrows, June 13, 2016, via Return to Now If you buy products or services from any of...
China: World’s Leading Defender of Human Rights?
by Kevin Kennedy, May 20, 2016, CanadianPatriot.org “Your question is full of prejudice against China and arrogance … I...
'Inclusive Capitalism', Nancy Pelosi, and the Dying Planet
by Paul Street, July 21, 2017, via CounterPunch A recent Washington Post and ABC poll finds that just 37 percent of...
Number of European working poor doubles in a decade
by Elisabeth Zimmermann , 12 July 2017, WSWS More and more people in work in Europe are being forced...
Nicolas Sarkozy: “No Way To Let The French Colonies Of Africa Have Their Own Currencies!”
by Matthew, via How Africa In an interview with the BMTV television channel, [former president of France] said that...
It’s The Economy Stupid: The Gathering Storm
by Frank In the face of deteriorating global economic conditions the financial and economic powers-that-be seem fixated on policies...
If they don’t want more austerity, racists & non-racists should vote Le Pen
by Ramin Mazaheri The fundamental problem in France today is that racists aren’t polling for Jean-Luc Melenchon. Who? He...
Globalization: The Endgame
by Frank The Federal Reserve Board’s decision to implement a rise in interest rates this month is widely expected....
A View From Afar: Trumped! It was the economy, stupid
by Dennis Broe Everyone, meaning mostly the neoliberal elite, is searching for answers at the moment for why the...
“Militarized neoliberalism” and the Canadian state in Latin America
by Jen Moore, via The Monitor Stories of bloody, degrading violence associated with Canadian mining operations abroad sporadically land...
Media Silent as Anti-Corporate Trade Deal Protests Take Europe by Storm
by Carey Wendler, via Antimedia, Oct 17, 2016 Over the weekend [October 15-16], thousands of protesters across multiple countries...
How the Gig Economy Profits off Desperation
by Paris Marx, via The Bold Italic, Oct 12, 2016 “Children are running the company [Homejoy] and they act...
Reforming the international institutional framework – Part 1
by Bill Mitchell, Economic Outlook Net This continues the unedited excerpts that will appear in my new book (with...
Hillary Clinton and the big (neoliberal) lie
by Eric Draitser, Stop Imperialism This election season has brought to the surface an issue that, until recently, seemed...
Is The Nation-State And Its Welfare State Dead? A Critique Of Varoufakis
by Vincente Navarro, via Social Europe I always read the writings of Mr. Varoufakis with great interest, and I...
