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Tag: Oligarchy
ELECTION 2020: Establishment Dems Can’t Say ‘No’ to Billionaires
Despite the party’s progressive platform, campaigns up and down the ticket ran away from anything that might discomfort the most comfortable, writes Sam Pizzigati.
CEOs Now Make 320 Times More Than Typical Worker
The Economic Policy Institute finds that growth in CEO compensation far outstripped that of the stock market.
BEIRUT EXPLOSION: It Is Late, But it Is Early Morning if We Insist
The explosion is the cherry on top of the horrors of a 30-year post-civil war political structure that saw militia leaders turn in their fatigues for business suits, writes Vijay Prashad.
Chris Hedges: America’s Death March
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.
COVID-19: Poverty Weaponized By Elite as US Eviction Crisis Looms
This is America, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is what America is designed to be. The head of a vast, globe-spanning empire needs its rank-and-file citizens to be poor, powerless, and brainwashed at all times.
Chris Hedges: Don’t be Fooled by the Cancel Culture Wars
Politically correct speech and symbols of inclusiveness, without a concerted assault on corporate power, will do nothing to change the system.
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.
Bloomberg’s Rising Polls Show Power of Billionaire Narrative Control
As long as a small elite group are able to manipulate the way people think and vote, then you don’t have democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
‘I Will Hold You in My Arms a Day After the War’
Vijay Prashad reflects on neoliberal orthodoxy, the latest meeting of tired decision makers in Davos and a hybrid war in Latin America that is creating the conditions for chaos.