By Daniel Carpenter* – Boston Review U.S. democracy and the U.S. postal service share a long, entangled history. An attack against one signals an attack against the other In 2004 Muriel Ponder joined the U.S. Postal Service as a mechanic; she… Continue Reading
Next January the World Social Forum will turn 20 years old. Its appearance in 2001, summoning the various social movements, activists and intellectuals to confront the prevailing neoliberalism, was a worldwide event. From there, there were many mass meetings in different countries,… Continue Reading
By Richard D. Wolff* – Economy for All The capitalist economic system has always had a big problem with politics in societies with universal suffrage. Anticipating that, most capitalists opposed and long resisted extending suffrage beyond the rich who possessed… Continue Reading
By Aimee Allison* – Newsweek Remember this moment. For Black women and women of color across the country, Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate marks a watershed moment—one that rightly honors the integral role Black… Continue Reading
The Latin American Reflection Roundtable (*) The Latin American Reflection Roundtable, echoing and in support of the statements of Latin American former Presidents, former Foreign Ministers and former Ministers of State, has convened a large and diverse group of personalities… Continue Reading
FROM AN OPEN SPACE TO A SPACE FOR ACTION Is the World Social Forum, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2021, just an open space or can it (should it) also be a space for action? This question has been discussed… Continue Reading
By John Nichols*- The Nation Trump is losing. So he’s lying. The way to counter his lies is with facts and an action plan for easy, safe, and fair voting on November 3. On the morning of July 30, 96… Continue Reading
By Democracy Now! World-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky , linguist and author, is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more… Continue Reading
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. We’re pleased to be presenting a post from a new site, RGK, which stands for “Reviving Growth Keynesianism”. It’s mission, as its proprietor Nicholas Johnson, explains, is to “republish and circulate… Continue Reading
The Berrett-Koehler Team (1) “Ethical Markets (2) fully supports Jerroll Sanders in her tireless advocacy for justice, democratic and economic reforms in the USA to include our African-American communities. We are honored to have Jerroll Sanders, brilliant independent IT specialist and community… Continue Reading
By Hall Gardner* – The National Interest China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, have hoped to counter U.S. military pressures and economic sanctions in an effort to overstretch U.S. political-military and financial capabilities across the world through both symmetrical and… Continue Reading
Cees Hamelink’s Opinion* Government policy is based on expert advice. But experts are not scientists, argues Cees Hamelink. As a scientist it is of course gratifying for me to hear that government policy on covid-19 takes science seriously. And it… Continue Reading
Fritjof Capra and Hazel Henderson (*) – ETHICAL MARKETS MEDIA Imagine, it is the year 2050 and we are looking back to the origin and evolution of the coronavirus pandemic over the last three decades. Extrapolating from recent events, we… Continue Reading
By Francesco Martone* The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is challenging the very meaning of coexistence and cohabitation and redesigning the boundaries of public space in an absolutely unprecedented way, with unpredictable results Measures to contain free movement and prohibitions on… Continue Reading
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Roberto Savio, Rosa María Artal, Emilio Muñoz, María Novo, Vicente Larraga and Enrique Santiago (*) It has become obvious that the G20 –founded in 2008 to reduce the scandal produced by the autarchic G6, G7 and… Continue Reading
By Hazel Henderson* – Ethical Markets Media Now everyone and every organization on the planet is going virtual, we can observe some simple rules and etiquette in all our online communications, so as to preserve our internet and ensure priority access… Continue Reading
By Benjamin Novak and Patrick Kingsley – The New York Times Prime Minister Viktor Orban can now rule by decree. Doctors worry he won’t use that power to improve the country’s coronavirus response BUDAPEST — In the days since the… Continue Reading
Opinion, Doug Gordon* – Newsweek “The system was blinking red.” That is what an intelligence official reportedly said about briefings President Donald Trump and congressional leaders received in January about the spread of coronavirus and its potential to become a… Continue Reading
By Jan Zielonka* -Social Europe (London) While initial responses to the coronavirus crisis have favoured national sovereignty and public authority, effective solutions will only emerge from a complex network of multi-level governance. From Madrid to Paris, Berlin to Warsaw, the… Continue Reading
By Riccardo Petrella* Public water. Starting from the universal public security of water, the first world common good for life. It’s evening. Today more than 21,000 children under the age of five have died in the world (7.9 million every… Continue Reading
