C.J. Atkins

C.J. Atkins is the managing editor at People's World. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from York University in Toronto and has a research and teaching background in political economy and the politics and ideas of the American left.

LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins

News

Trump belatedly joins COVID relief debate after pardoning murderers, corrupt Republicans
December 23, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
Trump's failure to mention the tax giveaways for the rich in the disaster package exposes his $2,000 check crusade for struggling workers to be a charade.
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Politics

Trump plan for millions of Americans: ‘We want them infected’
December 17, 2020 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Secret documents and emails just released show Trump pushed a criminal coronavirus plan that has killed hundreds of thousands and infected millions.
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Politics

Trump and coronavirus dealt major defeats on same day
December 15, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
But just as the vaccine's arrival doesn’t spell the immediate end of COVID-19, neither does the Electoral College vote mean the Trump plague is over.
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U.S.

Trustbusters target Facebook, but anti-monopoly effort shores up capitalism
December 11, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
Without the intervention of the left, the lawsuits won't go far toward creating a democratic economy.
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News

Fearing turmoil, Wall Street ups pressure on Trump to quit
November 23, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
With the economy in meltdown under the weight of a mismanaged pandemic and with U.S. influence waning around the globe, Trump is facing an exodus of support from finance capital.
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World

Is there life after coronavirus? China proved pandemic can be controlled
November 20, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
In Wuhan, where COVID first emerged, Trump’s claim the virus can’t be managed has been proven a lie.
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Politics

Trump tries to run out election certification clock, making even Wall Street nervous
November 19, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
Giuliani says the new goal is to pressure Republican lawmakers in key states to stall certification of results and create the image of a “failed election.”
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Culture

How did Álvaro Cunhal’s ‘Five Days, Five Nights’ get its English translation?
November 17, 2020 By C.J. Atkins
There are only a few Communist Parties in the western world that can claim to have fought a decades-long underground battle against an actually-existing fascist regime and survived.
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