As of August 14, the federal government has attempted to censor, misrepresent, and otherwise stifle science over 150 times.
Geography Archives: United States
Forgotten workers and the U.S. expansion
There is a lot of celebrating going on in mainstream policy circles. The economy is said to be running at full steam with the unemployment rate now below 4 percent.
Nicaragua: ‘Scientific American should try sticking to science’
The last thing we need is to introduce all of the world’s political conflicts into climate change policy, writes Dr. Paul Oquist, Nicaragua’s chief climate negotiator.
Economic moats and American capitalism
In a 1999 interview with Fortune, legendary investor Warren Buffett coined the term “economic moats” to sum up the main pillar of his investing strategy.
UN scientific paper suggests capitalism has to die in order for the planet to be saved
Capitalism and global sustainability are incongruous with one another, according to a recent paper for the UN’s 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report.
U.S. prison strike seeks an end to slave labour, corporate profiteering and rights violations
Organized in the face of a crackdown by authorities, the action seeks to strike at the root of the prison-industrial complex.
Learning from our elders: Kwame Somburu and Scientific Socialism
Longtime revolutionary activist Kwame Somburu made it a point throughout his life to stress the “scientific” in socialist. During a time of confusion regarding what socialism is, Kwame’s insistence has never been more crucial.
U.S.-backed violent coups are not new or rare
Nicaragua just defeated a U.S.-backed violent coup attempt, and no one cares.
A ‘regime’ is a government at odds with the U.S. empire
In the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an article in the Miami Herald (8/5/18) reported that “a clandestine group formed by Venezuelan military members opposed to the regime of Nicolás Maduro claimed responsibility.”
Comrade Malik speaks out on nationwide program of political repression against prison organizers
Comrade Malik exposes nationwide political repression program.
The mind of the mass media
You write Trump “made no mention of Russia’s adventures in Ukraine”. Well, neither he nor Putin nor you made any mention of America’s adventures in the Ukraine, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ukrainian government in 2014, which led to the justified Russian adventure. Therefore…?
Modern slavery: the labor history behind the new nationwide prison strike
A labor historian traces the origins of the 2018 prison strike through a legacy of involuntary servitude.
Utopia and materialist critique
The argument I’ve been making during this series on utopia is that the utopian moment of the Marxian alternative to mainstream economics is critique.*
Boots Riley’s critique of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman”
Sorry to Bother You director and musician Boots Riley on Spike Lee’s, BlacKkKlansman: “It’s a made up story in which the false parts of it to try to make a cop the protagonist in the fight against racist oppression. It’s being put out while Black Lives Matter is a discussion—and that is not coincidental. There is […]
Invitation to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Miss America protest
50 years ago Women’s Liberation protested the Miss America Pageant and threw.
Is climate the worst casualty?
If we don’t get serious about stopping the U.S. war machine, we could lose the biggest battle of our lives.
Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions–the final demise of the dollar hegemony?
Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans–confiscation of foreign assets, import and export prohibitions and limitations; and also punishing those who do not respect sanctions dished out by Trump, alias the U.S. of A, against friends of their enemies.
U.S. military presence in Latin America & the Caribbean
The United States has some 800 military bases around the world, with 76 in Latin America and the Caribbean to protect its hegemonic interests in the region.
The 21st Century has been hard on U.S. households
The 21st Century has not been a good one for most working people in the United States. In fact, for most of this century, real median household income has been below its starting value in January 2000.
New York State Parole Board: Failures in staffing and performance
There are nearly 22,000 people serving indeterminate sentences in New York State prisons. Every year, 12,000 of these individuals appear before the Board of Parole in an attempt to secure their freedom. Due to the Board’s punitive policies and practices, and their susceptibility to political influence, the large majority of parole-eligible people are denied release.
