capitalism
Piketty says it’s ‘Time for Socialism,’ but has no time for class struggle
January 10, 2022There is no mention of class or strategy in Piketty’s Time for Socialism. There is no mention of enforcing “peaceful co-existence” in his version of internationalism. Imperialism is no longer worth mentioning, even in the midst of...
Read moreAt 75 years old, neoliberalism has lived long enough
January 7, 2022With socialism and social democracy on the rise in the postwar years, the ideologues of the capitalist class dusted off “free market economics” and made it new again.
Read more‘Down to my last diaper’: Parenting in poverty
January 5, 2022Diapers, food, or rent? That’s the choice many parents face every month.
Read moreTexas scientists develop a ‘people’s vaccine,’ offer it free to the world
January 5, 2022Offering their vaccine with no patent and no strings attached, Drs. Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi say, “This is no time for profiteering.”
Read moreHolidays with Dickens and Marx: ‘A Christmas Carol’ and the ‘Communist Manifesto’
December 22, 2021It has often been pointed out that Karl Marx and Charles Dickens inhabited the same London streets for over 20 years.
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