C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
Learning From the French Elections
Category: Economy
Pillaging by the Super-Rich
South Africa’s Post-Election Turning Point
As the political hegemony of the ANC has frayed, elite forces have increasingly funded an array of opposition parties to shift power more in their favor, writes Eugene Puryear.
US Economic Pundits & Their Wall Street ‘Vibes’
The biggest problem, writes Les Leopold, is how to take the government back from the wealthy who dominate it.
Vijay Prashad: Brazil’s Floodwaters of Austerity
In Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, millions are suffering from extreme flooding. Amid the waters, the Landless Workers’ Movement is focused on providing emergency relief.
Patrick Lawrence: The Price of Biden’s New China Tariffs
This is the opening move in a protectionist regime the U.S. president will extend significantly to prove his bona fides as a Sinophobe.
Patrick Lawrence: The Impotence of Antony Blinken
With the U.S. unable to compete in the EV market and desperate in Ukraine, the secretary of state traveled to China to talk at Beijing for his domestic audience.
Britain’s Hidden Helicopter War in Niger
As Niger expels U.S. troops, Declassified UK reveals British helicopters operated a taxi service for French forces in the uranium-rich African state, Phil Miller reports.
Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size
Making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security, argues William J. Astore.
Chris Hedges: Joe Biden’s Parting Gift to America
The Democratic Party had one last chance to implement the kind of New Deal Reforms that could save us from another Trump presidency and Christian fascism. It failed.