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Archives: Neoliberalism

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

TeleSur | - - Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures at the behest of the IMF. At…

Will Americans finally start fighting back against tax cuts for the rich?

Stephanie Leiser | (The Conversation) | - - The 60 percent of Americans who believe that the GOP tax package will mostly help the wealthiest among us are right, according to an…

Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform

By Olivia Alperstein | ( Otherwords.org) | - - No matter our politics, most Americans have a beef with taxes. And it’s no wonder. Working class Americans pay a much greater share…

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | - - While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also seen by many as crucial to tackling…

After Hurricane, Trump Reminds Puerto Rico of ‘Massive Debt’

TeleSur | - - “Maria has left behind her a trail of devastation and a humanitarian crisis,” said the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city. As Puerto Rico struggles to…

How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

By Levi Gahman and Gabrielle Thongs | (The Conversation) | - - Hurricane Maria, the 15th tropical depression this season, is now battering the Caribbean, just two weeks after Hurricane Irma wreaked…

Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | - - The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are…

Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?

John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Here and abroad, Trump's wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in…

Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "Hurricanes don't care if you're rich, poor, white, or black—but that doesn't mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a…

Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the "Stormfront" in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon…

Trump could reform the Banks, or start 2nd Great Depression; Which is most Likely?

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com Donald, listen, whatever you’ve done so far, whatever you’ve messed up, there’s one thing you could do that would make up for a lot. It would…

Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted…

6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism

The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove…

America’s Rigged Casino of Wealth and Power: Trump’s New Gilded Age

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Inequality.org In the years right after World War II, average Americans got ahead. Now Americans are getting headaches — from a ferociously top-heavy distribution of the nation’s…

It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East

Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…

Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | - - According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election Spending,” labor unions contributed to Hillary Clinton…

Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?

By Johan Chu & Jerry Davis | (The Conversation) | - - If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, then how did the Republican Party –…

Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?

By Patrick Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Across the vast…