Bernie Sanders The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of our time. Yet, it gets almost no coverage from the corporate media. How often do network newscasts report on the 40 million Americans living in poverty, or that we have the highest rate of
“Enough is Enough”: Interview with a West Virginia Teacher
What are the West Virginia teachers fighting for? How did they organize a strike that broke the law and took the country by surprise? On February 22, West Virginia teachers began an illegal strike for better wages and health insurance. The governor refused to budge until Tuesday night, when he proposed a 5 percent
Goldilocks is Dead
It appears every president finds the religion of false economic narrative once they ascend to power. Trump never stops babbling and tweeting about the fantastic economy and raging jobs market since his election. He has embraced the stock market bubble as proof of his brilliant leadership, rather than the tens of trillions in debt propping
Parkland survivor slams GOP for shrugging off dead kids — but freaking out over ‘rainbow wedding cakes’
According to Cameron Kasky, there were many heroes at the Florida high school where former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people on Wednesday — but he sees no heroism in the words of Republicans who only offer their “thought and prayers.” … “Do you think change is possible in terms of the kind of
The entirely unnecessary demise of Barnes & Noble
On Monday, this went down: That’s the bloodless, matter-of-fact, ho-hum business event way of describing it. Let me paint you a different picture. On Monday morning, every single Barnes & Noble location – that’s 781 stores – told their full-time employees to pack up and leave. The eliminated positions were as follows: the head
The War on Dissent: the Specter of Divisiveness
by CJ HOPKINS A spectre is haunting Western democracy — the spectre of “divisiveness.” After eight blessed years of peace and prosperity under the glorious reign of Obama the Benevolent, suddenly, we find ourselves besieged on all sides by Russian-sponsored sowers of “discord,” disseminators of “disinformation,” inculcators of “confusion” and “chaos,” and other enemies of our “democratic
In a Major Free Speech Victory, a Federal Court Strikes Down a Law that Punishes Supporters of Israel Boycott
Glenn Greenwald January 31 2018 A FEDERAL JUDGE on Tuesday ruled that a Kansas law designed to punish people who boycott Israel is an unconstitutional denial of free speech. The ruling is a significant victory for free speech rights because the global campaign to criminalize, or otherwise legally outlaw, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement
Gabbard: North Korea Has Nukes Because They Saw What The US Did To Libya
Caitlin Johnstone At the end of her interview yesterday on ABC’s This Week, Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was asked by an incredulous George Stephanopoulos if it was a mistake for the United States to “take out” deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and deceased Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. “It was, absolutely,” replied Gabbard, because you can’t
Capitalism Is Defined by Concepts of Property, Not the Free Market
Many people use the word capitalism to describe economic systems based on competition in a more-or-less “free” market and the word capitalist is often used by free-market enthusiasts to label their beliefs — but all these uses are wrong. Markets are often highlighted by capitalism but the market does not define them as capitalist and capitalism