The United States was largely pre-capitalist at the time that the U.S. Constitution was set up—something that ought to remind us in its own way that the barriers to genuine popular governance/sovereignty cannot be reduced simply to capitalism, however centrally the profits system stands as a barrier to democracy at home and abroad.

The monumental rewards – “spoils” indeed – were attained during and after the war, when the United States emerged as the richest and powerful nation on the planet

Sometimes corporate politicos drop the Machiavellian ball and give away their game with revealing gaffes

There’s something rather significant missing from such discussions and from the broader US “mainstream” media tumult over Bowe Bergdahl

It shouldn’t be “news” that “P”BS receives large-scale sponsorship from big corporate capitalists

Barack Obama and the Stealthy Art of Deception

It is no accident that many United States citizens seem bewildered when it comes to current events. It’s hard to make sense of a complex world when huge swaths of reality are denied serious and honest coverage and commentary in the nation’s reigning corporate “mainstream media” (“MSM”).

Hidden Imperial Continuities and Future Prospects

The corporate-Orwellian absurdity of the Barack Obama administration never ceases to inspire awe

American racism goes a lot deeper than the personally prejudiced racist sentiments of white people