The High Intellectual Barrier to Socialist Consciousness
If socialism is to be a mass movement, it must speak in the language of those it seeks to organize.
Capitalism
Lightsabers, Camera, Action
Are movies being made as artistic expressions of human creativity—or just because they’ll make money?
Trumpism as the American Thatcherism
Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.
How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class
Either we tear down the monetary veil and seize our collective future, or we perish under the weight of capitalist lies.
“Basic Economics”
By challenging the assumptions behind market rationality and price mechanisms, we can rethink what “basic economics” really means and who it serves.
What Are You Afraid Of?
What do spiders and capitalism have in common? Fear, perception, and media shape our understanding of the world, from arachnophobia to class warfare.
The Barter Lie: How Capitalism Rewrote Economic History
The claim that money developed as a medium of exchange to overcome the limits of bartering has become an article of faith in neoclassical economics, but it’s dead wrong.
Today Is Tomorrow’s Yesterday
The world is changing right before our eyes. Not only can we guide that transformation, but our very presence in that change means we control its direction.
Is Capitalism Eternal?
Change isn’t limited to activists; it happens when people read and show up when needed. Anyone can make a difference in their community, and that small change might be the catalyst for something bigger.
Obamacare and the Science of Prolonged Decay
The failure of a health care “reform” fostered within the blight of the capitalist model reveals how incrementalism cannot solve the most formidable ecological and social crises of our day.
