February 2019
Riot Police uses a water canon and tear gas against demonstrators during a protest against the rising of the fuel and oil prices by people wearing yellow vests. Photo by Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.com
Commentary
Pharma has two lobbyists for every member of Congress. It spends more on lobbying than tobacco, oil and defense contractors combined
On February 6, 1919, Seattle’s workers struck—all of them. In doing so they took control of the city
The Year of the Door of Return to Africa
ICE agents may also make “collateral arrests,” detaining anyone in the area who is not capable of providing official documentation to prove their citizenship or legal status at their discretion
It is incumbent upon all of us to resist the inexorable march toward nuclear winter
Since the mid-1980s, Mexico has been a poster child for globalization. Through free trade treaties and structural adjustment policies imposed...
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Some people are attached to the idea that the Democratic National Committee will “rig” the presidential nomination against Bernie Sanders....
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The Zapatista movement has a deep sense of community, the unquestioned assumption that the collective well being takes priority over the individual
Features
A society that allows many, many people to live on less than £100 per week while a privileged few get by on over £100,000 is surely a great place to live
An open, frank public discussion about the IMF’s regrettable history and current agenda is sorely needed
Building Block for the Green New Deal
The French popular masses are furious at being taken for fools
Humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war. These were virtually ignored in the campaign rhetoric and general coverage
Global oil prices cannot be understood apart from understanding what’s happening with other financial asset markets and prices