By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the…
The coup against Pedro Castillo was led by an odious right-wing that refused to accept the people’s aspiration for a progressive project.
The former chancellor from the ruling Conservative Party is the UK’s third prime minister this year. Sunak’s policy history and present cabinet appointments have raised fears of even more austerity…
No institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy as effectively as the British monarchy.
There are ways to defeat the billionaire class and many of these tactics have been pioneered or refined by Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant and the Socialist Alternative party in…
The oligarchy uses cynicism as a political weapon to make it seem like issues such as climate change and social justice are impossible.
The paper of record's call for Democrats to "return" to "moderate policies" essentially means they don't want them to challenge oligarchy — among other things.
The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
America’s top 50 richest families doubled their combined total wealth in just one year.
What is exceptional about America is its culture of sadism.
No need to be all apologetic about it, either, since we would just be reclaiming the trillions taken by the billionaires.
The staggering concentration of wealth at the top has deformed our governing institutions — new window dressing will not end oligarchy.
Regardless of the outcome, the election will not stop the rise of hypernationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire's terminal decline.
We are trapped in an abusive relationship. When we finally have enough, our abuser comes after us with flowers and apologies, promising never to do it again.
They have destroyed our capitalist democracy and replaced it with a mafia state.
