-
A food crisis not of their making
The crisis in low, middle-income nations is driven by speculation, falling purchasing power and depreciating currencies.
-
FBI spied on and harassed Black revolutionary who was killed and set on fire
The FBI harassed Black revolutionary Darren Seals and compiled a 900-page report on his organizing against racism and police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, birthplace of Black Lives Matter. He was shot to death in 2016, then set on fire in his car.
-
The need for alienation
In his early Paris manuscripts (1844), the young Karl Marx defined “alienation” as an estrangement from the product of one’s labor. The modern factory, with its specialized division-of-labor (which even Adam Smith deplored as necessary but dehumanizing), exponentially increased productive output—but at the price of deskilling and condemning the worker to a single, repetitive task.
-
India’s gaffe at Samarkand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Samarkand on September 16 after the SCO Summit turned into a media scandal.
-
Asylum, migration and U.S. foreign policy
Immigration rules are often determined by U.S. foreign policy. Citizens of nations under U.S. attack, such as Venezuela, are made eligible for asylum. Haitians suffer under U.S. dictates but are deported and returned to the hell that Washington created.
-
America’s open wound
The CIA is not your friend.
-
Why does the United States continue to occupy a Haitian island?
The Americans mined a million tons of guano on the island without paying a cent to the Haitian authorities. Other countries have sold the product for hundreds of millions of dollars
-
Zelensky and NATO plan to transform post-war Ukraine into ‘a big Israel’
The NATO-backed Atlantic Council has proposed apartheid Israel as a blueprint for a hyper-militarized Ukraine. The paper was authored by Obama’s former ambassador to Tel Aviv, now an Israeli spy-tech consultant.
-
Uprising targets Canada’s man in Haiti
A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize security forces they fund.
-
Inflation, the Fed and workers
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) is supposed to have a dual mandate of “maximum employment and price stability.” However, a close look at its policies since 1980 have shown it very willing to sacrifice the former for the latter.
-
ACURA ViewPoint: How the Russians read the Karabakh Quandary
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 13, Azerbaijan launched an aggressive military assault along the borders of the Armenian Republic.
-
Corporate media is trying to convince people student debt forgiveness is bad
By trying to convince voters that debt relief will cost them, and that a more egalitarian society is impossible, corporate media are defending America’s ruling class from an educated working class.
-
Railroad CEOs were paid over $200 million as workers suffered
Rail execs defend themselves by claiming their skyrocketing profits do not reflect “any contributions by labor.”
-
Biden keeps pledging direct U.S. war with China over Taiwan
The president of the United States has once again committed the US military to direct hot war with China in the event of an attack on Taiwan, a commitment that was once again walked back by his White House handlers.
-
Inflation targeting farce: High costs, moot benefits
Sep 20, 2022 (IPS). Policymakers have become obsessed with achieving low inflation. Many central banks adopt inflation targeting (IT) monetary policy (MP) frameworks in various ways. Some have mandates to keep inflation at 2% over the medium term. Many believe this ensures sustained long-term prosperity.
-
Far right makes gains in Swedish elections
In 1994, 15-year-old Jimmie Åkersson sought out a neo-Nazi party. Today, he’s brought that party into the mainstream.
-
Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch
The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler.
-
Many reasons why price cap on Russian oil exports cannot work
The United States and its allies are trying to impose new restrictions on the Russian economy, but like attempts so far, this one too looks fated to fail.
-
It’s time to call it what it is: A capitalism-induced ecological crisis
One-third of Pakistan is under water. Record heat waves blanket the globe driving up temperatures beyond what humans can survive. Polar glaciers are melting much faster than scientists predicted. Droughts, fires and floods are ravaging the planet, forcing the displacement of tens of millions of people. And this is just the beginning.