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Medicare for All 64-Year-Olds
By Dean Baker / CEPR. The push for universal Medicare was given new momentum by Bernie Sanders campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination. While it is still quite far from becoming law in even an optimistic scenario, it is certainly now treated as a serious political position. This is probably best demonstrated by the fact…
Brazil Under Bolsonaro: Social Base, Agenda and Perspectives
Ana Garcia / Socialist Project. The rise of the far right is a worldwide phenomenon, rooted in the nefarious effects of neoliberal globalization which have pushed the world into mass unemployment and enormous inequalities. I consider it to be a late political effect of the global financial crisis that hit the world at the beginning…
The Toxic Lure of “Guns and Butter”
By Norman Solomon The current political brawl over next year’s budget is highly significant. With Democrats in a House majority for the first time in eight years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most other party leaders continue to support even more largesse for the Pentagon. But many progressive congressmembers are challenging the wisdom of deference to…
The Prosecution Of Julian Assange Is A Threat To Journalists Everywhere
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Above: Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside Westminster Court after Assange’s arrest. Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz for AFP-NurPhoto. Action steps: Take action to protect Julian Assange. Click here to read about what you can do. Support the Embassy Protection Collective. The United States is recognizing its fake…
Martin and Julian: Reflections on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Richard E. Rubenstein Will someone please explain to me why Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered a hero for violating laws sustaining the system of racial discrimination, while Julian Assange is considered a villain for violating laws sustaining the system of imperial war? Democratic Party bigwigs are celebrating the arrest of the Wikileaks founder in…
REVEALED: Julian Assange was carrying a book by Gore Vidal which criticizes the American military-industrial complex when he was dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy
By Rod Ardehali / Dailymail.com Julian Assange appeared to be sending a message when he decided to carry a book by Gore Vidal criticizing the American security state, as he was arrested in London yesterday. The WikiLeaks founder was pictured carrying a copy of ‘The History of the National Security State’, which is a scathing critique…
The “Independent” Fed Isn’t Quite What It Is Cracked Up to Be
By Dean Baker / CEPR. Neil Irwin had a New York Times article warning readers of the potential harm if the Fed loses its independence. The basis for the warning is that Donald Trump seems prepared to nominate Steven Moore and Herman Cain to the Fed, two individuals with no obvious qualifications for the job,…
Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”
By William K. Black Part 7 of the MMT Series April 8, 2019 Bloomington, MN Tom Friedman’s April 2, 2019 column concluded “The United Kingdom Has Gone Mad.” To which, the only possible response is – ‘you just noticed?’ The UK went ‘mad’ 22 years ago when Parliament elected the odious Tony Blair Prime Minister.…
Berlin’s Rental Revolution: Activists Push for Properties to be Nationalised
Philip Oltermann / PortSide. Support is growing for a referendum on whether to ban large landlords from the German capital and turn their property into social housing stock. A sign in Karl-Marx-Allee protesting against the sale of apartments to Deutsche Wohnen., Agencja Fotograficzna Caro/Alamy When Berliners take to the streets on Saturday to protest against…
Russiagate is Not Watergate
By Andrew Levine / Counterpunch. Richard Nixon was a complicated man. He was arguably our last liberal president. He transformed the political scene in countless ways; some good, some far from it. Together with Henry Kissinger, he was a geopolitical strategist of distinction who served the empire and the military industrial complex well. Like Kissinger, he…