President Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, days after introducing significant tariffs on Asian imports. However, these tariffs and Trump’s overall economic agenda won’t challenge the world’s elite at Davos
Political parties in Spain are struggling to navigate an increasingly polarized political landscape
The bestseller Fire and Fury not only confirms the worst we suspected about the Trump White House, but it also puts the fights within the US ruling elite on display
Michael Hudson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of many…
Progressive movements must work together to confront interconnected hierarchies of power, because smaller issues are intertwined with a larger system
The resignation of Drexel University Professor Ciccariello-Maher following right-wing threats and harassment is the result of a broader, ongoing right-wing campaign to intimidate progressive professors throughout the U.S., and it’s having a chilling effect on academic freedom
Catalan independence parties won the regional parliamentary vote, defeating the central government’s effort to weaken the movement
The State Department announced a tightening of the US economic embargo against Cuba, which hurts average Cubans and reverts to failed Cold War policies
One million people took to the streets in Barcelona to support Catalonian independence from Spain
The CEO of the company that sold and operates the voting machines in Venezuela says that there was a discrepancy of 1 million votes
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