capitalism

Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics

September 18, 2019 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The term “economism” has been used since Lenin’s time to characterize a situation of political prerogatives losing out to economic ones and of the resulting trouble for the working class. Cuba's reform process faces the same...

The times they are a-changing: The Venice Biennale and late capitalism

September 11, 2019 By Dennis Broe

May You Live in Interesting Times is the title and organizing principle of this year’s Venice Biennale, the every-other-year festival of contemporary art.

Millennial workers who question capitalism are on to something

September 5, 2019 By PAI

Maybe it’s time to follow the millennials’ lead, and really start questioning not just aspects of the U.S. system, but the very nature of the system itself.

Is socialism really about “free stuff”?

August 29, 2019 By Tim Libretti

Republicans say we can't afford education or health care, but somehow there's always money for what corporations need.

400 years after slavery’s start, economic band-aids won’t solve racial divide

August 27, 2019 By Jessicah Pierre

I It’ll take bold structural reform and the political will to finally achieve economic justice for African Americans, because clearly ending slavery wasn’t enough.