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To Confront Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Democracy
We cannot confront climate change without first confronting the unequal power relations that caused it.
Populism Is Not the Answer to Neoliberal Fascism
Populism on both the right and left narrows the scope of power to the role of leaders, not the people.
White Supremacy Tried to Kill Jazz. The Music Triumphed.
Historian Gerald Horne discusses his new book “Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.”
EPA Moves to Loosen Methane Rules as Trump Opens Alaskan Rainforest
U.S.-style capitalism heeds no stop signs. It exists to plunder and to despoil for profit.
Beyond Brazil, Unprecedented Fires Are Engulfing Bolivian Forests
Bolivia is now host to a desperately serious humanitarian and environmental situation.
Trump’s Rule Attacking Disabled and Low-Income Migrants Has Violent History
The rule uses the same criteria against migrants that was used to keep Black people enslaved.
Conservatives, the Far Right, Fascists and How We Defeat Them All
Calling out fascism alone won't defeat it. The left needs an anti-oppression strategy and popular social programs.
Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberal Capitalism Sets the Stage for Fascism
Giroux's new book, “The Terror of the Unforeseen,” warns of the economic tyranny of neoliberal capitalism.
A Bunch of CEOs Want to Fix Capitalism. You Can’t Fix Anything Built on Slavery.
When the revolution comes, it will be from the bottom up.
Living in Two Worlds: Capitalism Pretends All Is Well While the World Is Burning
As the climate crisis escalates, we must develop strategies for living while recognizing the contradictions at hand.