U.S. workers, who for long enjoyed a better life than most workers, are being crushed by class war in the midst of a pandemic, and it will only get worse, economist Rick Wolff tells Chris Hedges.
Truly caring for students during the pandemic would mean extending unemployment benefits, providing rental assistance and enacting universal health care, writes Belle Chesler.
As the previous piece published here today shows, while the U.S. blows things up, China builds things, better than the U.S., and that has infuriated Washington, says Dilip Hiro.
Regardless of the outcome, the U.S. election will not stop the rise of hyper-nationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline, writes Chris Hedges.
Vijay Prashad espouses confidence in rejecting the neoliberal capitalist framework, which arose against plenty of warnings over several decades and now exposes workers to the wolves of the “free market” during the pandemic.