Truthout
Capitalism
What Lessons Can We Draw From the Time the Wealthy Fled New York?
Lockdown showed us what can happen when capitalism with its emphasis on consumption and competition is put on hold.
Capitalism Fuels Disease, Trauma and Addiction. How Can We Heal?
Physician Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.”
How Can We Build Democracy in the South — in Electoral Politics and Beyond?
Southern freedom fighters have been fighting to build a grassroots democracy that is directly informed by their needs.
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity’s Fate Isn’t Sealed — If We Act Now
It is political will that stands in the way of securing the future of humanity and the planet.
Our Labor Is Used to Create Wealth for Others. Let’s Reclaim It to Make Life.
How can capitalism be transcended unless the essence of this system -- controlled labor -- is abolished?
We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet
Mass migration is an outcome of the crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change, says Harsha Walia.
Union Organizing at “Progressive” Companies Comes With Its Own Set of Challenges
Nonprofits and businesses with a progressive image often act as if their ideals don't apply to their own employees.
Capitalism Won’t Fix the Climate Crisis. It Will Also Not Survive It.
No system predicated on greed will prevail against the storm that is coming, says volcanologist Bill McGuire.
Wealthy Donors Bankroll Christian Nationalists to Sustain Unregulated Capitalism
Funded by a 1 percent of megadonors and corporations, the religious right has grown to a grotesque size.
Capitalism Is Making Us Sick and Sucking Us Dry
“All of these systems of extraction are always connected,” says Beatrice Adler-Bolton.