A debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American…
Concentrated wealth and power are undermining democracy. Here’s what Joe Biden ought to be saying and doing about it. By Robert Reich, Substack — Friends, Last week, I pointed out…
Absent any moral code, greed is a public danger. Its poison cannot be contained by laws or accepted norms. By Robert Reichand, Common Dreams — If this past week presents…
The economic realities we face at the end of 2022. By Richard D. Wolff — Economies around the world were shocked and damaged over the course of 2022. Global capitalism…
Addressing all the damage is going to take more than money — it’s going to take new laws and a deeper understanding of how our climate crisis came to fruition….
Capitalism is pushing to expand on the backs of working masses who can tolerate no more hardship and deprivation. By William I. Robinson, Truthout — The world has entered an…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Our nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a function of consumer spending. We are prodded, cajoled, enticed, and engaged in the spending exercise, and all…
By Ronald Cohen, TIME — Throughout my life I have been greatly helped. In 1957, when I was 11 years old, my family and I left Egypt as refugees in…
By William I. Robinson, Truthout — A log-jam of container ships waiting to dock and unload in Los Angeles ports. Semiconductor shortages generating a backlog of orders around the world…
By Charisse Burden-Stelly — Racialization—one process of regulating, organizing, and subjecting populations through capital and labor—is integral to and endemic in the capitalist world-system. It justifies superexploitation, extreme surplus value extraction, and…
Eric Williams and the tangled history of capitalism and slavery. By Gerald Horne, The Nation — Before he became a celebrated author and the founding father and first prime minister…
Our planet cannot handle an eternal growth model. We live in a finite system and capitalist innovation can only take us so far. Eventually we run out of resources. Climate…