A slew of leftwing Democrats are running in the midterms – but some believe it’s too soon for a full-scale embrace of progressive ideas If the Democrats continue to be timid and keep chasing the “middle” that really isn’t the middle anymore.. it’s more to the right, then they will lose the … Continue reading Lean left: is America ready for a wave of Bernie Sanders-inspired socialists?

Raising pay works. Trucking industry players have been complaining for a few years about an acute shortage of labor in their industry, as demand for trucks rises but people resist launching a … Continue reading How to make the economy great again: raise pay

The paper’s endorsing Brazil’s pro-dictatorship candidate is the latest in a proud tradition for its opinion section. The U.S. business news outlets have a long history of supporting murderous fascists. To them, protecting … Continue reading A Brief History Of The Wall Street Journal’s Support For Right-Wing Authoritarians

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been convicted over her role in a controversial €400m (£355m) payment to a businessman. French judges found Ms Lagarde guilty of negligence for failing to … Continue reading Christine Lagarde convicted: IMF head found guilty of criminal charges over massive government payout

Texas students are now required to watch a video on how to avoid provoking a cop pic.twitter.com/GO6Iq1QST7 — Vocativ (@vocativ) October 14, 2018 The beginnings of a police state… we have to … Continue reading Texas students are now required to watch a video on how to avoid provoking a cop

The massive shutdown affected many progressive sites devoted to covering war, police brutality, and other issues neglected by the corporate media We warned that getting your internet companies to start censoring what … Continue reading Facebook Accused of ‘Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent’ After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass Purge

The fund reports that Britain’s finances are weaker than Portugal’s, and says privatisation is to blame, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty With everyone, including those whose sole purpose seems to be to privatize everything (the IMF) even saying that privatizations are destroying economies.. maybe it’s time we do sketching different? Source: Britain … Continue reading Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so

Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative? An article from 2 years ago, but even more relevant today as we’ve done nothing to get away from Neoliberalism yet. … Continue reading Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems

Out of every original comment sent to the Federal Communications Commission about its Net Neutrality repeal proceedings, nearly all were against killing the regulations, according to a new Stanford University study. The … Continue reading Nearly Every Real FCC Public Comment Supported Net Neutrality, Stanford Study Says

Of course corporations deny global warming because they don’t want to pay for having the cut emissions, but when ordinary people deny it, it appears that there is a conspiracy theory running … Continue reading “The Goal Is Power” – The Global Warming Conspiracy

Faced with the political and economic cost of spending cuts, even the Conservatives are being forced to retreat. There is no situation where cutting spending makes an economy grow. It does the … Continue reading Austerity: how an ideological project failed on its own terms

A simple explanation of how money actually works and what that means for society as a whole. Continue reading What is Modern Monetary Theory by Stephanie Kelton