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Capitalism

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.

Corporations Are Funding Police Repression
“Essentially they've created company towns where they control law enforcement,” says Alex Vitale.

Pandemic Accommodations Proved We Can Vastly Expand Disability Access If We Try
Significant accommodations were offered once the pandemic started affecting the capitalist class.

Bree Newsome Bass: “Capitalism Has to Collapse”
Organizers Kelly Hayes and Bree Newsome Bass discuss long COVID, voting rights and getting organized.

The Time Is Now for the “Radical Revolution of Values” That MLK Called For
Only mass action -- combined with the slow work of grassroots power-building -- can break through our current crises.

We Can’t Let Radical Hope Disappear Into the Abyss of Authoritarianism
We must construct a new language of hope that allows us to imagine a future in which democracy can breathe.

Activists Are Challenging Laws That Enable Vulture Funds to Exploit Global South
Vulture funds target financially distressed areas like Puerto Rico. Independence organizers are pushing back.

Ending a Global Pandemic Should Not Rely on “Individual Responsibility”
CEOs continue to make million-dollar salaries while workers are underpaid and left working in precarious situations.