Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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The Threat of Republican Fascism, Part I: Vigilantism as a Political Tool
If the budding fascist movement that’s taken over the Republican Party takes over Congress in 2022, it’s likely that an emboldened Donald Trump could win back the presidency in 2024 and kill democracy for good.
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‘Tinkering Round the Edges’ Won’t Cut it: COP26, Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
“Our broken financial system created this crisis and if we do not rebuild it from the ground up, we will not only have no quality of life, we’ll have no life on earth at all.”
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In ‘The Dawn of Everything,’ Graeber and Wengrow Place Imagination at the Center of Humanity's Journey
Many books can be defined as must-reads. The Dawn of Everything goes beyond that and will reshape how we identify with prehistory and thus with our humanity.
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Biden's Mass Deportations of Haitians is Rooted in the US' History
If the poem on the Statue of Liberty that urges the world to send “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” is to be more than empty words, President Biden owes it to refugees
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Calls for UK to Tax Wealth, Not Work, Gather Momentum
A hike in National Insurance Contributions, a fundamental component of the UK welfare state, would hit lowest-paid people the hardest.
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Green New Deal XIII: From Kansas City to Estonia, Free Public Transport Is the Future
To reverse the ongoing climate catastrophe we must rethink transit, making it clean – and free to use – for everyone.
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Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
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10 years later, Occupy lives on in society and politics
Yes, the tents and occupations are long gone. Yes, capitalism is still the dominant ideology. And yes, banks and multinational corporations still run our government. But when following the timeline, the impression Occupy Wall Street left on American politics, society, and how we talk about capitalism is undeniable.
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20 years after 9/11, are Americans less free and less safe?
The reigning US foreign policy establishment has failed in a remarkable array of ways over the past two decades. Now, President Biden has a unique opportunity to pursue a new direction.
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Green New Deal XII: A Green Transformation Must Decolonise Turtle Island & Beyond
California's first nations applied wild land horticulturalism to increase food and other production through pruning, seed dispersal, coppicing and burning. Meanwhile, the invading Europeans wrongly thought the lands pristine, unaffected by humans.