Tag Archive: Europe/Italy

The U.S. Is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism

Released for Syndication: 09/10/2020

Viewing the GOP convention seemed a little like binge-watching the last several years’ parade of none-too-subtle signs of incipient fascism. We saw extreme nationalism,...

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Why ‘Herd Immunity’ Is a Distraction

Released for Syndication: 09/08/2020

Aiming for “herd immunity” is neither a serious health strategy, nor is it an accurate characterization of what has happened in Sweden.

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Socialist or Capitalist—What Is China’s Model, Exactly?

Released for Syndication: 08/21/2020

Near the end of his life Lenin gave a speech that referred to the USSR as a transitional society. He explained that socialists had...

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How Donald Trump Has Constructed a Legal Infrastructure of Fascism

Released for Syndication: 08/13/2020

If Trump wins another term, the fascism we’re seeing in America today will pale in comparison to the fascism we’ll see tomorrow.

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Every Step the EU Takes Toward Financial Unity Sows New Seeds of Its Potential Collapse

Released for Syndication: 07/28/2020

Another “landmark” agreement in reality makes incremental progress, but at a cost of ignoring a ticking time bomb in France.

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Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back

Released for Syndication: 07/24/2020

New economic imperatives are forcing nations to make a choice.

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How Movements Can Turn Public Support Into Lasting Change

Released for Syndication: 06/30/2020

Taking “movement moments” to change, from the Red Summer to Black Lives Matter.

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How Racism Is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order

Released for Syndication: 06/24/2020

U.S. capitalism survived because it found a solution to the basic problem of its instability, its business cycles. Since capitalism never could end cyclical...

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The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It

Released for Syndication: 06/09/2020

The latest ideas are too little, too late, and still hamstrung by institutional barriers that block genuine economic recovery. They do not represent a “Hamiltonian moment.”

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Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus

Released for Syndication: 05/29/2020

The utter failure of private capitalism to prepare for the coronavirus should have surprised no one. Private capitalism, as business school graduates repeat, focuses...

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