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Sanctions Against Wealthy Russians Are Largely Symbolic and Won’t End the War
Yet Biden is widely expected to announce a new round of sanctions, along with a tightening of the current ones.

We Need an Economy Without Bosses and Managers. Participatory Economics Is How.
Author Michael Albert describes what a post-capitalist economy where workers run productive facilities could look like.

Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action
To confront the climate crisis, we have to break capitalism's rules.

Biden’s SOTU Speech Channeled Reagan While Nearly Ignoring Climate
The state of the union is weaker today than it has been in my lifetime. Why not confront our real crises with honesty?

Our Fight for Disability Justice Must Also Confront War and Militarism
Corporations that have fueled militarized violence often partner with mainstream disability organizations.

Inflation Talk Belies Deeper Question: Why Was Everything So Cheap Before?
The one thing all U.S. supply chains have in common is oil that keeps production cheap and exploitative.

“Politics as Usual” Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat
To address the imminent ecological threat responsibly, we need economic and political policies grounded in humanity.

Trump’s Post-Election Vengeance Campaign Has Split the Republican Party in Two
This is Mitch’s Republican Party as much as it is Trump’s.

Both GOP and Democratic Party Want Us to Surrender to COVID for Capitalism
Both parties have used different emotional and cultural appeals to justify their support for the same disastrous policy.

Political Leaders Use “Personal Responsibility” to Justify Needless COVID Deaths
For all his campaign promises, Biden has failed to set up a multilevel systemic public health response to COVID.