economy
China declares “people’s war” against coronavirus; global economic impact spreads
February 4, 2020Instead of focusing on public preparedness, the Trump administration is more interested in using the crisis to step up its attacks on China.
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Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics
September 18, 2019The term “economism” has been used since Lenin’s time to characterize a situation of political prerogatives losing out to economic ones and of the resulting trouble for the working class. Cuba's reform process faces the same...
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Trumka: Workers “not interested in a sliver of change”
August 30, 2019"The rich continue to hoard unprecedented money and power, while the people who build that wealth are working harder and longer, for less money, with less dignity."
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Build worker power and break the NRA with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance
August 23, 2019Appealing to the deeply-held association many Americans have between owning firearms and liberty, the NRA brings millions under the political leadership of monopoly finance capital.
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Farmers take another hit from Trump
August 12, 2019Trump may think slapping a bandage on agriculture’s economic wound through a bailout package will be enough to keep potential voters happy, but it’s only delaying the inevitable.
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