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This (quite long), article continued the sequence that excerpts from the seven author book Liberating Theory, published forty years ago. This time…
How do we explain the rise and normalization of fascism in Germany and the United States? How important are the upcoming midterm…
In the early 1970s, when many student activists were migrating from campus to industrial jobs to promote working class radicalization, no labor…
Since the beginning of 2026, the United States has maintained an oil blockade on Cuba. Through the capture of president Nicolas Maduro…
āPage Six Hollywoodā recently declared: āWar of Open Letters Erupts Between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Factions in Hollywood.ā Only a few years ago,…
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the systemic breakdown of German centrist politics, reveal the uncomfortable…
The Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen this weekend. According to a September 20 New York…
Think for a moment: what if, in response to all that the Trumpists starting doing after taking office 20 months ago, small…
The word āsocialismā appears steadily more often in steadily more places. Socialism praised, cursed, interred. Socialism past, future, resurrected. What is this…
Germany is now facing the same systemic crisis that its leaders once diagnosed in other European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, and…
I love the name of this conference, United In Radical Solidarity. Solidarity to me is an action of putting into practice, the…
Why pursue gigantic data centers called āHyperscalersā? Presumably, those who seek them believe they are essential for the continued elaboration of ever…
In this AI focussed episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau expose the recent apocalyptic warnings from tech bosses as…
This time, Europe seems serious about holding Israel accountable – or at least that is what 11 European countries, together with Canada,…
After spending millions of dollars redecorating the White House and transforming D.C. monuments, President Trump approved, on September 15, 2026, an additional…
As we have seen throughout this series, the Greentech revolution is transforming energy production and use worldwide. Along with its other advantages,…
āBecause they want — they think, over two or three cycles, they will elect enough Marxist socialist communists to take over the…
This article continues a sequence taken from a book, Liberating Theory, published forty years ago. Its seven co-authors felt that a successful left…
The US government continues to double down, even as its stubbornness costs it dearlyānot only in material terms, but also in geopolitical…
Is revolution a single event? Or is it a process? Perhaps a process made possible by the many gaining certain invaluable insights…
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the political fallout from the AfDās electoral breakthrough in Germany,…
The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party scored a landslide victory this past Sunday in Germanyās Saxony-Anhalt state election, although it…
The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States. After…
Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind…
Isn’t it weird that Labor Day seems increasingly irrelevant. Yes, there may be an editorial in a paper or news outlet, but…
This essay continues an ideology sequence excerpted from the book, Liberating Theory, which myself, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Robin Hahnel, Mel King, Lydia…
āLet no one build walls to divide us,Walls of hatred nor walls of stone.Come greet the dawn and stand beside us;Weāll live…
The death of Palestinian artist Sliman Anis Mansour stirred powerful memories. He passed away at Al-Makassed Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem on…
A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During…
Residents discuss their opposition to a proposed data center in Lockart, Texas. (Photo: Caldwell / Hays Examiner. May be republished with attribution.)…
Thereās no shortcut to freedom. No, thereās not. Freedom is a constant struggle. Yes it is. But Freedom,the centuries-long fightall over the…
Industrial union building in the 1930s has long been the lodestar for the post-New Deal labor left. If organized labor in the…
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution sponsored by Republican Study Committee Member Jeff Crank (CO-05) to condemn socialism āin…
Artificial Intelligence (AI), and data centers in particular, are generating an unprecedented resistance ā in Texas they call it the Texas Data…
There is a particular kind of political amnesia that can overtake movements in difficult times. We remember the victories but forget the…
Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, āThe United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America…
The following article continues a sequence taken from a book,Ā Liberating Theory, which seven writer/activists collectively co-wrote. The seven authors were myself, Leslie…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday met with the United States Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III. In a post on…
If you want to understand the bleak future awaiting the occupied West Bank, do not look away. Just pay attention to the…
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the mainstream economic orthodoxy that reserve currency status grants America…
As a mother of two children who has often been on the losing side of family battles against screen time, Iāve been…
Bernie Sanders has recently taken up AI issues but I have a feeling most leftists are skeptical of AIās critics, not particularly…
Itās a good thing that labor journalist and author Matt Witt was not running for governor of Wisconsin this year like DSA…
Colombia’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights marks a dangerous turning point. By becoming only the second…
Donald Trumpās rise to power, especially during his second term in office, has changed the political culture of the United States. He…
Forty years ago seven writer/activists collectively co-wrote a book titled,Ā Liberating Theory. The seven authors were myself, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Robin Hahnel,…
This week marks the beginning of Brazil’s presidential campaign, with the two front-runnersācurrent President Luiz InĆ”cio Lula da Silva and Senator FlĆ”vio…
Weāve been hearing a lot of panicky warnings lately after Democratic primary voters chose socialists and other leftists instead of āmoderatesā in…
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk dominant economic orthodoxies surrounding wealth taxes as a quick-fix silver…
Christopher NolanāsĀ The Odyssey has returned Homerās epic to the center of popular culture, a feat that must be welcomed. Many have asked…
