Sudan: No military general will rule this country again!
Like the mass demonstrations that ousted Sudan’s dictator two years ago, the people are refusing the military’s recent effort to determine their future. …
Like the mass demonstrations that ousted Sudan’s dictator two years ago, the people are refusing the military’s recent effort to determine their future. …
La Niña, a climate pattern of the Pacific Ocean that recurs every 4 to 12 years, is expected to affect the United States between December 2021 and February 2022. The northern states are expected to see below-normal temperatures, while much of the South will experience above-normal temperatures and a decrease in precipitation. …
Utility debt in the U.S. has more than doubled since the pandemic. …
Although the UN climate change conference hasn’t begun, we already know how much progress they’ll make. The answer? Nowhere near enough! …
Todo este proceso presupuestario no es más que otro recordatorio de que bajo este sistema la democracia sólo funciona para la clase dominante. Es una farsa total para todos los demás.
Since 2018, the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan has tested high for dangerous concentrations of lead within the water system. …
New leaked documents show that governments have been trying to get the UN to downplay climate change, raising questions about the outcome of the upcoming Climate Change Conference. …
“Breaking Boundaries” is a new documentary on Netflix by David Attenborough, looking into the state of the environment. …
Over 530 climate activists were arrested this past week when thousands of activists descended on Washington, D.C., to demand that the Biden administration protect indigenous communities and the environment. …
According to new research at least 85% of the global population is already confronted with the effects of climate change. (Image Credit: Tsiory Andriantsoarana) …
Even many of the intellectuals of the ruling class see the reality – their system offers no future! …
Facebook has known about the disastrous effects they’ve had on young girls’ mental health, misinformation, and other nefarious things. They’ve known, yet done nothing. …
On Sunday, one of the largest oil spills in California’s recent history spread onto beaches, damaging wetlands and killing wildlife. …
The Pandora Papers reveal the shady things that world leaders do to protect the wealth of the wealthy. This is hardly a surprise. …
According to FBI data, the US saw the largest increase during 2020 since record-keeping began in 1960. …
The current budget fight in Congress is offering up a perfect opportunity for industries to call in favors and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia who owns millions in coal stocks has been tapped to re-write the climate portion of the budget bill. …
This is a repost of an article from the Johns Hopkins News-Letter, published on September …
On Wednesday President Biden announced new plans to help the global vaccination effort, saying now is not the time for “half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. We need to go big and we need to do our part.” This is an ironic statement, considering the U.S.’s repeated lack of commitment to the measures that would be needed to end this global pandemic. …
The giant Chinese real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt, which could have huge shockwaves around the world. …
On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913, the equivalent of 1 in 500 Americans. …
Companies that make test kits can charge what they want and get fat off this health disaster, even if it means most people won’t have access to the care they need. …
Ten years ago, on September 17, a movement calling itself Occupy emerged on the streets …
This is the capitalist system – highest efficiency and ingenuity when the goal is invading and committing murder in other countries, but unable to provide basic necessities, housing, utilities, education, healthcare and safety for its own population. The problems that we face having nothing to do with what is and isn’t “possible.” They have everything to do with this system’s priorities. …
Although there have been similar findings in the past, a new study concluded that the average CEO income in the United States (including from stocks and other non-salary income) is 351 times more than that of the average worker! …
Capitalism has caused this mess, and to save our planet and ourselves, we need to envision and create a new and more sustainable system for meeting human needs. But change will only come about if WE, regular working class people, fight for it. …
Billionaires like Bezos show us where their concern is – not on this planet with us. …
The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it reached a $230 million settlement with New York State after being sued for its role in creating the opioid crisis. But what is justice in this system? …
Demonstrating the absurdity of capitalism, Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every week. …
For-Profit Healthcare Healthcare has become a multibillion-dollar industry. Hospital administrators, not healthcare workers, make decisions …
Young people today face a world of crises. It’s clear that this society does not …
Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, accumulate little no wealth and pay taxes. But the big capitalists live in a different world. As their wealth expands, their effective tax rates decline. …
MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving away $2.7 billion. But who generated that wealth? Why should it be up to rich people like her to decide what happens with that wealth? …
We are facing a crisis like never before. The current organization of production, especially the …
What They Say U.S. politicians from both parties say we fight wars to defend what …
Recently the global soccer world was taken by storm. Twelve of the most powerful and …
The CEO of Emergent Biosolutions sold $10 million worth of stock before it fell 50% due to reports of vaccine production problems. …
Andreas Malm’s recent book Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency lays out the overlapping causes of both …
On Earth Day, remember that the environmental crisis facing our planet is ultimately caused by capitalism. …
Worldwide vaccine distribution is extremely unequal, with many poor countries having to wait years for theirs. …
Biden’s American Jobs Plan does not address the root causes of infrastructure decay or climate change. …
The Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama lost their unionization drive. This defeat must be viewed in the proper context in order to gain the understanding necessary for victory in the future. …
In 2020, the most profitable U.S. corporations once again paid no taxes, thanks to loopholes in the system. …
The government’s ineffective enforcement of workplace safety standards during the pandemic is due to the fundamental pressures of the capitalist system. …
The struggles against capitalism and racism are linked, and Martin Luther King, Jr. understood this. …
The murder rate increased in 2020, a symptom of a sickness in our society. …
The treatment of refugees is a problem of the capitalist system that destroys people’s lives. …
The gun law debate misses the point: the system creates the conditions that drive people to commit atrocities. …
Governor DeSantis deserves blame for the spring break fiasco, but so does the system of capitalism. …
Corporations and rich nations are hoarding life-saving vaccine technology instead of sharing it, because even during a pandemic they only care about profits. …
Our infrastructure has been crumbling for decades, because it isn’t a priority for the businesses and politicians. …
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