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A One-Way Ticket to Global War: Thomas Fazi on Macro N Cheese

Real Progressives December 5, 2022 Macro N Cheese Peace with Justice

The US seems to have chosen the worst possible strategy, which is to do everything that’s in its power to maintain its dominant position in the world, even though that’s clearly an impossibility.

Ukraine’s Nazi Problem

Artemis Douglas November 21, 2022 Equality with Justice Peace with Justice

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” Karl Marx.

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The Illusion of Upward Mobility

Steven D. Grumbine November 15, 2022 Economic Justice Health and Well-being

There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted, at the locked door, chased by all the angry working people who think you’ve found the key.

Fact-checking Biden’s Inflation Remarks

Artemis Douglas November 8, 2022 Democracy Economic Justice

On October 21st, 2022, President Biden made an address regarding his administration’s historic deficit reduction. Let’s break it down.

Comparative Analysis of Modern Monetary Theory and Textbook Economics

Rishabh Balamitran November 7, 2022 Economic Justice Education

The current economic framework within which policy is developed seems incapable of addressing climate change. Even policymakers who acknowledge the magnitude of the problem are avoiding real solutions, not knowing how solutions can be funded.

Capitalism’s Waste: Planned Obsolescence

Birrion Sondahl November 2, 2022 Environmental and Ecological Justice Technology and Innovation

Planned obsolescence is a strategy that is unique to the capitalist system. Under this strategy, products are designed to be phased out. This results in a waste of resources and labor power.

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US health insurers get more and more federal funding, deliver less and less care

Cory Doctorow October 13, 2022 Economic Justice Health and Well-being

The American healthcare system is the worst of all possible worlds. Unlike every other wealthy country, the US leaves its health insurance to the private sector, where your health and your life are a distant second to shareholder profits.

Refuting Attacks on Marxism

Birrion Sondahl September 27, 2022 Equality with Justice

These attacks do not exist in a vacuum. They are calculated attempts to discredit Marxism as a theory of revolutionary change. The ruling class is terrified of a united working class that organizes across racial and gender identities.

TERF Wars

Artemis Douglas September 27, 2022 Equality with Justice Health and Well-being

Analysis of capitalist property relations, culture, and transphobia.

How Banks Create Money When They Lend

Charlie Silva September 22, 2022 Economic Justice Education

It is up to academics and informed lay-people alike to alter the understanding of banking in the public consciousness.

Building the People’s Movement

Zach Schimel September 22, 2022 Democracy Economic Justice

If we hope to build an America that works in the interests of the working class, then we must transcend the partisan culture war and come together around working class issues.

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It’s Time to Call it What It Is – A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis

Erin McCarley September 16, 2022 Economic Justice Environmental and Ecological Justice

Let’s be clear— this isn’t about voting. This is about building a revolution— an international solidarity movement big enough to take on and replace global capitalism.