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Nation "Too Broke" for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion on F-35
There always another $27 billion or lying around, it seems, when Lockheed Martin needs more money for expensive weapons system
Our Obsolescent Economy
The modern 'throwaway culture' was born in response to the needs of industrial capital. To move beyond it, we must rediscover the beauty of repair.
The Equality Effect
Danny Dorling presents evidence that greater equality benefits everyone, rich and poor and argues that it can offer us all political hope.
Beneath Dramatic G20 Clashes, a Deep Demand for a Better World
Tens of thousands descend on Hamburg, challenging policies put forth by Trump-type nationalists and Europe's neoliberals elites
Facing Psychological Coercion and Manipulation Has Become a Daily Part of Claiming Benefits
Curing unemployment is a growth market for psychologists. Job Centres are becoming medical centres, claimants are becoming patients, and unemployment is being redefined as a psychological disorder.
Why We Need to Democratize Education
Achieving comprehensive social change requires radical alteration of everything, including education. But most of the attempts to reform the educational system are limited. What is needed is a democratization of education through the introduction of alternative egalitarian...
White Purity and The Problem with White Privilege Activism
Among other things, whiteness is a kind of solipsism. From right to left, whites consistently and successfully reroute every political discussion to their identity. The content of this identity, unsurprisingly, is left unexamined and undefined. It is the false foundation of...
How to Create Democratic and Ecological Cities
For the past few months we have published a series of posts on New Compassintroducing social ecology,discussing possible future environmental scenarios,studying the crisis of capitali
A Marxist Critique of Identity Politics
A Q&A with Asad Haider, founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine, on an ideology fracturing the left.
The NFL Can’t Handle the Political Radicalism of Colin Kaepernick
By directly challenging white supremacy, racism and imperialism, Colin Kaepernick is making himself a household name for all the right reasons. And the NFL, its billionaire owners and the corporate errand boys of sports journalism simply cannot stand it.
Why We Should Stop Using the Word "Activist"
Contesting power isnt a hobby or a subcultureits a collective project pervading all facets of our lives.
Documents Expose How Hollywood Promotes War on Behalf of the Pentagon, CIA and NSA
US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows
America Celebrates Lateral Transition From Monarchy to Corporatist Oligarchy
Today America celebrates its liberation from the shackles of the British Crown and the beginning of its transition into corporatist oligarchy, which is a lot like celebrating your lateral promotion from housekeeping to laundry staff. Fireworks will be set off, hot dogs will...
Howard Zinn’s July 4 Wisdom Stands the Test of Time
'Is not nationalismthat devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murderone of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred?'
How Vast Amounts of Land Have Been Stolen From Black Americans
It was almost as if the earth was opening up and swallowing Black farmers.
The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth
When Donald Trump pulled the United Statesout of the Paris climate deal, the world reacted with outrage. And rightly so: the agreement represents a remarkable achievement in international diplomacy a breakthrough after 20 years of failed climate negotiations. But as we rally...
Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy: Helpful Advice for the Wounded Heart
You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.~Rumi
Bay Area Nonprofit Transforms Businesses Into Worker-Owned Cooperatives
There'sbeen a lot of talk about where the Baby Boomer generationwill live as they age.Several interesting, sharing-basedhousing alternativessuch cohousing and senior villages have emerged as potential options. But what about all the businesses that Baby Boomers own? What...
We All Suffer in This Love-Desert Society That We've Created - Is There an Alternative?
Presently, most of the people in our culture believe thatcompetition, possessiveness, and jealousy are all acceptable responses when we lovesomeone. But is this really true, independent of culture or custom?
Ending Racism Requires Us to Take Up Class Struggle, To Shift the Material Conditions That Gives Race Practical Meaning
Pierre Fulton was black. He was poor. He had struggled his entire life. He had been in trouble with the law as a youth. Armed robbery, drug distribution, and gun possession were all on his record. It was now 2015 and Pierre was thirty. He had turned his life around. He got a...
The Muslim Tradition of Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction
Think invisible men, time travel, flying machines and journeys to other planets are the product of the European or Western imagination? Open One Thousand and One Nights a collection of folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age, from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE...
Supreme Court Partially Lifts Block on Trump's 'Bigoted' Travel Ban
"We'll be ready," said the ACLU in response to the announcement
5 Times Orange Is the New Black Gets It Right on Prisoner Rights
Out of the ashes of burning Cheetos, the new season offers lessons in democracy, compassion, and humanity.
How a Global Network of Fearless Cities Is Making Racist Colonial Nation States Obsolete
Introducing a Global Network of Municipalist Cities
Organizing in 'Small Town USA'
On March 8, a crowd of over 50 protesters in Geneva, New York, (population 13,261) occupied the office of Republican Congressman Tom Reed. The occupation was part of a womens strike organized in connection with International Womens Day by the Geneva Womens Assembly.
The Trap of Righteousness
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. Goethe
We Don't Have Time to Hate
This sermon was given at the ECM in Lawrence, KS in April 2015.
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
Happy fathers day to the fathers, and to our fathers fathers, and their fathers fathers, and all the way back to Grandfather Sky. Past there to before there were fathers, because all was just ONE.
One Law for the Poor at Grenfell Tower
In austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell fire? Or are our laws already too much shaped to the needs of the business class?
The Fresh Air Fund's Complicated Racial Record
New York Citys Fresh Air Fund has sent city kids, most of them low-income, to suburban and rural neighborhoods for two-week summer vacations for the past 140 years. Originally intended to restore malnourished, sickly and white immigrant children to health, the fund expanded...
Behind the Media Surge Against Bernie Sanders
Its routine for right-wing outlets like Fox to smear progressive activists under the guise of news coverage. But why the New York Times? And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders?
It's All Too Easy to Switch off From Bad News – It's Dangerous Too
The full horror of the Grenfell Tower fire in west London is still to emerge. Like millions of others, I watched live as TV breakfast reports showed the blaze in its intensity and eyewitnesses told of their devastating experiences and fury at those who allowed this to happen...
Americanism Personified: Why Fascism Has Always Been an Inevitable Outcome of the American Project
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." This quote, which has often beenmisattributed to Sinclair Lewis, is wise inrecognizing the authoritarian potential of both nationalism and organized religion. In slight contrast, Professor...
Colin Kaepernick Is Being Blackballed by Billionaire NFL Owners. Here's Why.
Colin Kaepernick took a courageous and principled stand last season by kneeling during the national anthem before NFL games. This was done in response to a society that continues to systematically, culturally, and institutionally devalue black lives. This devaluation is...
The Grenfell Tower Fire Could Have Been Avoided
This Government Must Be Held Responsible
How Ta-Nehisi Coates Mystifies Racism and Obscures the Material Ways We Can End It
Liza Bramlett was a slave. She lived on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta, during the 19th century. White men raped her repeatedly throughout her life. They traded her body amongst themselves in exchange for calves and piglets. In the end, Liza gave birth to 23...
Matthew Crawford: 'Distraction Is a Kind of Obesity of the Mind'
Does your phone, the TV and advertising demand your attention everywhere you look? All this stimulation is triggering a social crisis, says writer Matthew Crawford. He talks to Ed Cumming about how to reconnect with reality
Why Affordable Housing Needs to be a Right, Not a Privilege
Its time to ensure that no American has to worry about where they and their families will sleep tonight, says housing consultant James Stockard.
Liberation Theory: a Working Framework
Liberation is both the undoing of the effects and the elimination of the causes of social oppression. The achievement of human liberation on a global scale will require far-reaching changes at the institutional level and at the level of group and individual interactions...
When Concerns of Cultural Appropriation Risk Supporting Intellectual Property
The latest entry in panics over social justice comes from my hometown, where some folks have created a list shaming restaurants and foodcarts that were owned by white people but sold non-European international cuisine. One of the more annoyingrestaurants on that list hasnow...
Scaling Up: Ideas about Participatory Democracy
A common objection against participatory democracy is that, yes, it is a beautiful idea, but it can only work at the local level, like the neighborhood, the small town or the village. Our modern world is too complex, too global and interconnected and we are simply too many...
Total Surprise! People Love the Left's Ideas for Progress
I just can't believe what happened in the British elections.
Epic Rant Against Rupert Murdoch Perfectly Captures UK Election Result
I see you, Rupert Murdoch. I see your whispery head, your hangdog expression, the malevolent balls of obsidian that function as your eyes. I see you shaking your head as you watch the exit polls come in, your flaccid jowls dangling, flapping about like the labia on a jogging...
Grime Launches a Revolution in Youth Politics
It became clear on June 9 that Conservative Prime Minister Theresa Mays decision to call a snap election was ill judged. This election has highlighted the disregard for the many that government should serve, and after an election in which the youth turnout was around 72% of...
Trump White House Vs. “House of Cards” White House
Binge-watchers of the new season will find its hard to be shocked by the usual Underwood White House treachery and corruption.
How Palestinians Marked 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
There are two dates ingrained in the memory of the Palestinian people. The first is May 15, 1948, the date which marksthe expulsionof over 700,000 Palestinians and the destruction oftheir towns and villages by Zionist Jewish militias. A day before, the state of Israel was...
There Is Life After Civilization Collapse
We are living through the collapse of the first truly global civilization in Earths history. This is bigger than the fall of Rome. Much more dramatic than the end for the Mayans. Greater in magnitude than the fall of the ancient Egyptians. And yet there is still hope for the...
Exploring biracial identity and reality in America 50 years after a civil rights milestone
Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia
Why Corbyn Won
The Tories may still be in power at the end of the night, but Jeremy Corbyn won today. Yes, I know this is shameless spin, but hear me out: the last few weeks have vindicated the approach of the Labour left and its international cothinkers under Corbyn. This is the first...
How Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Politics Can Change the World, One City at a Time
The Commons is maturing politically, its methods and principles becoming more visible and its participants winning municipal elections in a variety of European cities. How did this happen, and what happens next? First, a look at our present political context, and then some...
After Coal, a Small Kentucky Town Builds a Healthier, More Creative Economy
A complex network of local organizations helps neighbors support one another as they rebound from a dying industry.
This Election Could Be My Last; It Will Change All Our Destinies and I'm Treating It Like My First
The 94-year-old campaigner fought in the Second World War and says he still wants to defend his country
Seize The Moment: This Is Our Chance to Corbynize This Trumped Up World
The world needs an actual popular elected response to US aggression against the worlds poor and the earths climate.
The Anarchist Revolt Against the Ideology of Not Voting Is Finally Taking Shape
Anarchists have traditionally opposed voting for a variety of ideological reasons. For many, not voting is held as a badge of honor - a way of signaling one's commitment to anarchist theory. I've often thought that this belief in not voting almost represents a sort of reli
Broadcasting Rules Are Killing Political Satire – Thank Heavens for the Internet
Political journalists, especially during elections, should provide balanced news coverage of parties and scrutinise each parties political agendas to help properly inform the public. Sadly this is an ideal that is all-too-rarely realised. The 2015 election was reported as a...
Should We Put Juveniles Away for Life? Meet the Teen Who Sparked a Debate
Inside the Juvenile Justice Center in Nashville, Tennessee is a steel door fitted with a high-security system. Push a button and the door unlocks, revealing another steel door with a slot for IDs. When that door buzzes, I walk through with video gear. Im searched, as is the...
How Men Continue to Interrupt Even the Most Powerful Women
The numbers do not lie: women have long been underrepresented on the United States Supreme Court. In the courts 228-year history, only four of the 112 justices have been female. Sandra Day OConnor became the first female justice in 1981, almost two centuries after the courts...
Finding Home: Lack of Affordable Housing Is a Crisis Across the West
House prices are through the roof. The banks are swimming in mortgage profits. Rents are sky high. Is it any wonder there are more people on the street?
New 'Instantly Rechargeable' Battery Deals a Fatal Blow to Fossil Fuels
Purdue researchers have developed a flow battery that would allow electric cars to be recharged instantly at stations like conventional cars are. The technology is clean, safe, and cheap.
If Trump so Quick to Exploit London Violence, What Would Attack in US Bring?
Trump called "Opportunist-in-Chief" for using latest violence in the UK to justify travel ban from Muslim countries