Politics
GOP-named Supreme Court majority cements its role as a pro-corporate fiefdom
January 10, 2022Its likely attack on federal protection of workers exposed to coronavirus recalls the anti-New Deal role the Court played in the 1930s.
Read morePiketty says it’s ‘Time for Socialism,’ but has no time for class struggle
January 10, 2022There is no mention of class or strategy in Piketty’s Time for Socialism. There is no mention of enforcing “peaceful co-existence” in his version of internationalism. Imperialism is no longer worth mentioning, even in the midst of...
Read moreAt 75 years old, neoliberalism has lived long enough
January 7, 2022With socialism and social democracy on the rise in the postwar years, the ideologues of the capitalist class dusted off “free market economics” and made it new again.
Read moreBiden indicts Trump for leading the ongoing conspiracy against democracy
January 6, 2022Accuses Republicans of spreading “lies for power and profit;” says passage of voting rights bills a critical step in halting the peril facing the nation.
Read moreCongress punts decision on draft registration into 2022 or 2023
January 5, 2022Washington politicians once again deferred making a decision as to whether to finally end draft registration or to expand it to include young women as well as young men.
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