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Marx was certainly right in arguing that the point is not to understand the world but to change it, but what he underemphasized was that the world cannot be transformed if one does not understand what is to be changed. As Terry Eagleton rightly notes “Nobody can change a world they didn’t understand.”[1] Moreover, the Read more…
Why does the Green Party elect so few people in the US while similar parties have elected representatives across the globe?
Bolsonaro has been proud to say that he is “Brazil’s Trump.” But this is not a good comparison. It is clearer to say that Bolsonaro is Brazil’s Duterte
Trump is not a fascist (yet), but is clearly moving down the road to that
Republicans at both the federal and state level are likely to move more aggressively in implementing obstacles to minority voting
“If there is economic growth in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, in Chiapas, in Tabasco, in Oaxaca, there will be no migration phenomenon”
A strong democratic state Must learn from the sultanate; It better know who does what At any hour of day and night. So, first, the various agencies Must spy on recalcitrant citizen; Then they must do so to each other,– The IB on the CBI, and both on other policemen. And midnight is Read more…
The movement, much like a genie, is now squarely out of the bottle and slated to drive other progressive movements across the polity, as well as cumulatively oblige the State to yield space to more assertively democratic forms of social life, coterminous with more responsive State initiatives, willy-nilly
Onee of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights
The president asked for forgiveness for his government’s “halfhearted” progress in advancing towards the communal state, pledging to go beyond mere “speeches and applause” to empower the communes
Saudi Arabia’s apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi might have taken inspiration from Russia and North Korea — or Israel and the United States
The Republicans are doing everything they can to make it so that people with serious health problems pay more for their health insurance
This talk took place on 10th October 2018 at The Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow
Total amount the electric utility industry as a whole has contributed to individual candidates at the state and federal levels so far this election cycle: almost $26 million
Interview on the sequel to a report on how the Democratic party can revitalize and compete in 2018 and beyond
The alleged torture, dismemberment and killing of Saudi citizen and US permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul has triggered justifiable outrage throughout the United States and around the world. But amid the outcry over Khashoggi’s death, many media and public figures still fail to acknowledge the war crimes Saudi Arabia is committing in Read more…
“Facebook is indispensable to maintaining the global corporate monopoly on truth — as is Google.”
It’s one thing for Macedo to use his massive wealth and media empire to elect a fascist. It’s another entirely for him to exploit and abuse those media outlets to intimidate, investigate, and threaten journalists
Seven thousand hotel workers across the U.S. are on strike against Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain. A strike that started with seven hotels in Boston quickly spread to San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Oakland, Detroit, and Hawaii
As the final round of a polarised election nears, Brazil’s future tilts towards the far-right
How Thousands of Mexico’s Seniors are Exploited in Unpaid Jobs
An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace
“We need independent courts to have an effective system of checks and balances”