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We Can’t Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth, Leading Economist Says
We must replace the drive for quantitative growth with qualitative, sustainable development, says economist Herman Daly.
Fed Rate Hikes Are “Body Blow” to Workers Reeling From Pandemic
Experts forecast another economic recession in the United States with rising inflation and an unchanged minimum wage.
Many Nations Have Used COVID to Impose the Tyranny of Transnational Capital
The “new normal” rammed during the pandemic involves increasingly obscene power held by transnational corporations.
GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise.
To End Mass Shootings, We Need to Change the Deeper Structure of Life in the US
Resistance is the only option, and it has to be educational, structural, bold and disruptive.
Supply Chain Failures Prove Growing Need for Localized Economies
The pandemic showed that localized economies are better equipped to respond to the needs of their communities.
Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
The idea of obeying science when it might cost multibillion-dollar corporations their market share was heresy.
As Over a Million Have Died of COVID, US Billionaires Have Gained $1.7 Trillion
The $1.71 trillion wealth gain alone could pay off nearly the entirety of student loans owed by the public.
On May Day, Let’s Make Bold Demands for Democracy at Work and in the Streets
People in Los Angeles are launching a “municipalist movement” on May 1 with the aim of democratizing U.S. cities.
Global Capitalism Has Become Dependent on War-Making to Sustain Itself
The Ukraine crisis is not the cause but a consequence of the general crisis of global capitalism.