political economy
Liberation Day? Big business plays tariff games while workers pay the price
April 2, 2025The problem isn’t just “bad trade deals”—it’s what social force ultimately controls the economy—the capitalist class.
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Cybernetics with Chinese Characteristics: How big data is eliminating poverty and building socialism
March 12, 2025The USSR may have created an internet prototype and Chile had its rudimentary Cybersyn, but China is combining human outreach and data management to solve major social problems.
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The numbers are in: Economic Blackout dragged down retail traffic
March 10, 2025As the first collective economic action of its kind, the Economic Blackout sets the stage for future actions to flex the economic power of the working class.
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As Trump wrecks U.S. economy, China looks ahead to growth
March 7, 2025While America is torn apart by mass firings, tariff battles, collapsing stock markets, and “anti-woke” culture wars, a different story is unfolding on the other side of the globe.
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Canada’s Communists resist Trump’s trade war and annexation threats
March 5, 2025Canadians are calling BS on Donald Trump’s claims that his trade war is about fentanyl or stopping illegal border crossings.
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