The Chile anti-neoliberal rebellion is entering its third week, and the brutal crackdown continues. And for the most part, crickets from broadcast corporate mainstream media.
WSJ, NYT Celebrate ‘Shale Revolution’ for Investor Class, Despite Its Leading to Our Doom
It’s not hard to figure out that corporate media represent the perspectives and interests of a small elite investor class of the US population, rather than its vast working class majority.
Ancestry Tests Pose a Threat to Our Social Fabric
By John Edward Terrell I have never understood why anybody would think humans are by nature violent, warlike creatures. True, we have all surely had arguments turn sour and go off the rails—arguments sometimes so extreme, or even deadly, that we later wish we could take back what we have said and undo what has […]
‘Worst Mistake I Ever Made’: Union Support Nosedives as Workers Express Regret for Trump Votes
Many American union workers who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election are increasingly beginning to regret their decision—and realize that Trump has been firmly on the side of the rich all along.
The US, France and Great Britain Helped Make a Mess of the Middle East
America, Britain, and France were instrumental in creating the Middle East powder keg, and they have a moral responsibility to help defuse it.
Can Books by a Fired High Official Like James Comey Damage a President?
Former FBI director James Comey, fired last year by President Trump, is promoting his A Higher Leadership: Truth. Will it hurt Trump?
Western Media Shorthand on Venezuela Conveys and Conceals So Much
This article about Venezuela is a clear example of the danger of a press that intent on filtering the news through the prism of the western plutocracies.
Trump’s America: Open to Global Capital, Not to Global People
Robert Reich contrasts perfectly what Trump is all about and in fact, he represents his party well irrespective of his populist facade.
When Economic Growth Indicates Failure
Economic growth is not the metric that should be used to determine if the economic system is functioning for those in said system.
Robert Reich: Trump’s Shareholder Bonanza
The evidence is in: The biggest beneficiaries of the Trump-Republican tax plan are shareholders. Once again the wealthy shareholder wins.