A Post-Election Reflection on Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
On how the shame resulting from the loss of seen-as-meaningful and well-paid work led many to reject the rule of their PMC betters.
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Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises
EU set to double down on vassalage to US, which is causing its problems in the first place.
Read more...What Are Republics, Exactly?
Republican ideals have evolved over millennia. Modern republics face challenges in upholding their foundational principles.
Read more...Germany, Trump, and Walking the Trans-Atlantic Plank
Is government collapse a comeuppance for the German elite, or is everything right on schedule for the transatlantic plutocrats?
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Election Musings
A somber reflection on another lesser of two evils election that didn’t even have the benefit of featuring leftist proposals in a primary despite the incumbent not being on the ballot.
Read more...DNC Doubles Down on Failure, Rejecting Sanders’ Calling Out Party for Abandoning Workers and Economic Justice
Quelle surprise! Some Democratic party leaders double down, denying Sanders was right and kicking workers and the poors is not a good strategy
Read more...How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. And how about FEMA?
Read more...Going Back to the Source: A Personal Reflection on Capital, Volume 1
KLG reflects on how Marx’s Capital was an important primer for him in understanding capitalism, and why it remains a seminal guide.
Read more...So What Happens After a Trump or Harris Win?
Some crystal-ball gazing into what four year of Trump or Harris would portend.
Read more...Elections 2024: America at the End of Its Tether
A big source of election anxiety and conflict is that both parties give only lip service to rising inequality and fraying social safety nets.
Read more...Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI?
In his new book, Mindless, historian Robert Skidelsky urges readers to reflect on the delicate balance between AI and our human essence.
Read more...Big Lies and Little Progress: Reviewing Four Years of Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class”
Sullivan went from a professed focus on the middle class to overseeing a system of mass slaughter and tried to wed the two.
Read more...Why Does the EU Want to Become More Like the US?
Bloc elite aim to double down on anti-labor, pro-market policies under the guise of competitiveness and productivity in order to compete with China.
Read more...Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community
Some practical ideas for how to combat climate change at the local level
Read more...Big and Small Businesses Are Nothing Like Each Other
An important yet oft-ignored point: big and small businesses are wildly different, and that matters from a policy perspective.
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