Economy is a broad cateogy that reports, analysis, vision and strategy for production, consumption, and/or allocation, and that defies the myth that “there is no better alternative” [to capitalism]. The focus is often on post-capitalist economic strategies, models and frameworks and on activism and projects that are working on non-reformist reforms that are challening the existing economic system while also laying the foundation for an alternative economic system that is better for society and better for the environment.
Many people have a vague sense that there is less professional journalism than there used to be. But they may not understand…
My mom was a single parent. She raised my brother and me, paid every bill on time, and bought a house of…
Austrians are used to August temperatures in the mid 20s. This week, the thermometer breached 41 degrees. Climate breakdown is here: the…
The Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is an organization of workers in the low-wage, high-turnover service industry of the U.S. South,…
The AFT national convention meets next week and will consider several resolutions about tech, AI, labor and the economy. Yet, the more…
When my book Technofeudalism was published, I had not imagined that it would be embraced by the likes of Steve Bannon but…
Gulf de-dollarization is the gradual diversification of oil-trade settlement and reserve holdings away from the US dollar. It’s not a wholesale switch…
Over 70 delegates from 43 organizations across 17 countries gathered in Colombo from 16-18 July for the āHands Off Asiaā conference, organized…
Vi kumt di kats ibern vaser? [How does a cat cross over the water?] — Old Yiddish saying The First Question: Whatās…
The undeservedly discredited horse is again coming in for criticism as a food filler for items that make nary mention of its…
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