The rich have become so rich that just selling to the rich can make you the world’s richest person, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Living Ever Larger in the Lap of Luxury
Category: Commentary
Chris Hedges: Kucinich Memoir Is a Moving Account of a Battle Against Corporate Power
When the “boy mayor” of Cleveland took a stand against privatization of public power, the region’s elites deployed every weapon they had, including attempted assassination.
Disinformation Empire Says It’s ‘Fighting Disinformation’
If the propaganda engine of the U.S.-centralized empire ceased actively deceiving the public about the world, it would collapse immediately, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Migration Is Not the Crisis
Aviva Chomsky says the recycled policies of Biden and Harris are destined to spark yet more crimes in Central America such as Berta Cáceres’ murder.
A Senseless Cathedral of Doom
Vijay Prashad reflects on the geo-political backdrop to last month’s “African Lion 21,” a U.S.-led military exercise on the African continent that involved the armed forces of 21 countries.
Billionaires Are Lifting Off: Good Riddance
When wealth concentrates, Sam Pizzigati says we get a society that revolves around the egos of the most affluent among us.
Craig Murray: The Decline of Western Power
The really interesting thing about the G7 summit is that it wasn’t interesting. Nobody expected it to change the world, and it won’t.
AFGHANISTAN: Goodbye for Good to a War That Shouldn’t Have Been Fought
Danny Sjursen takes aim at powerful Washingtonian hawks who are trying to push the U.S. back for a third time into Afghanistan.
US Concern for Cuba, Latin America Is Really Spin for Intervention
Tamara Pearson says Washington’s recent discourse is aimed at dressing itself, the bully, as the savior.
THE ANGRY ARAB: From a Lost Generation of Palestinian Resistance — the Life of Ahmad Jibril
As`ad AbuKhalil looks back on a Palestinian who was among a group of leaders to emerge after 1948 and dedicate themselves to liberating their homeland.