While monumental shocks currently pound citizens around the world, an orgiastic festival of exploitation is underway.
LEE CAMP: Four Reasons the Ruling Elite Love This Crisis
Month: April 2020
COVID-19: Fighting Recession: Public Investment, Not Debt
It’s time to stop pretending that we can’t create money, says Andrew Spannaus. It already happens, just not in a way that helps the majority of citizens.
PEPE ESCOBAR: Who Profits from the Pandemic?
Pepe Escobar looks at a frightening future that might follow the already terrifying Covid-19 global outbreak.
COVID-19: Wall Street Wins Again
Nomi Prins writes about bailouts in the time of the coronavirus.
COVID-19: Across Globe, Domestic Violence Rises as Virus Rages
A note dropped in a grocery bag could be a lifeline for a woman trapped with an abusive partner, reports Barbara Crossette.
COVID-19: Was the Fed Just Nationalized?
The answer is no, writes the Public Banking Institute’s Ellen Brown. But the door to that result has been cracked open.
COVID-19: The Bigger Picture Hiding Behind the Virus
Agents outside our control with their own vested interests – politicians, the media, business – construct reality, much as a film-maker designs a movie, says Jonathan Cook.
COVID-19: These Migrant Workers Did Not Suddenly Fall from the Sky
A hasty show of compassion is not enough, writes Vijay Prashad. The system that keeps them barely alive must be replaced.
‘Collateral Murder’ and the My Lai Massacre
Comparing the reaction to the evidence of two war crimes reveals how much the United States has changed in the past 50 years, writes Joe Lauria.
On 10th Anniversary of ‘Collateral Murder’ Release: The US Soldier Who Sought to Save Iraqi Children
Ten years ago today WikiLeaks ‘Collateral Murder’ video was published, depicting a horrific scene on a Baghdad street in 2007. Here is a talk by the one U.S. soldier who sought to save young victims of an American massacre.