Democrats may be denouncing the current assaults on social programs, writes Norman Solomon. But three decades ago Bill Clinton’s embrace of the private sector began clearing the path for Trump’s wrecking crew.
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type.
Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
This ethnic cleansing plan is being presented as a humanitarian solution to tragic circumstances, when in reality the U.S. and Israel purposely destroyed the enclave.
The “saviour of free speech” is cracking down on criticism of Israel’s genocide, writes Jonathan Cook.
“At what point does a beleaguered population living near or below the poverty line rise up in protest?” From the author’s talk on April 4 at the Independent National Convention in Austin, Texas.
From the author’s address at the anti-war demonstration on Feb. 19 in Washington: “A society that prohibits the capacity to speak in truth extinguishes the capacity to live in justice.”
No other institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy so effectively.
Two new radical measures are prompting fears of Ukrainians losing workplace rights permanently as the war puts huge pressure on the country’s economy, Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz report.
