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Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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The Conservative Party is tearing Britain apart – its imposition of Brexit and other English-centric policies for the richest have galvanized Scottish independence and Irish reunification as ever more attractive escape routes.
Those who have profited hand over fist from decades of neoliberalism are now the ones sponsoring the populist, anti-immigration and climate denial regimes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Leaks suggest that Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, awarded dubious loans to leading British Conservative Party donor and former treasurer Michael Spencer. The timing of the allegation could have explosive impact on the June election.
The Crown Prosecution Service is considering charging 30 Conservatives with election fraud punishable by up to a year in jail, it announced two weeks ago — on the same day Prime Minister Theresa May called the June snap election.
New revelations suggest that not only was the LIBOR rate rigging fraud a systemic practice by big banks – but Bank of England and the government in Westminster were also in on the big fix.
Social democratic parties pushing a platform of neoliberalism-lite are no challenge to the new populism.
Potential breaking points include the looming climate crisis, the overexploitation of resources, systemic problems within the financial system, and endemic, increasing inequality.
In Europe, lawmakers are considering legislation to give internet service providers a mandate, using algorithms, to police users so they don't upload anything that infringes on a copyright, regardless of its form.
A citizen-led campaign last month succeeded in prosecuting Spain’s top banker-politician, Rodrigo Rato, and 65 co-conspirators in a case that rattled the upper echelons of the country's political and financial elite.
For anyone asking if it is possible to realize a participative democracy, or a system not based on profits, Rojava proves not only that another world is possible – but that another world is right now happening.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
If any of us hope to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 47th president of the United States, it will have to be done from the ballot box, not the courts.
From Hungary and Poland to Italy and Spain, today's anti-abortionist movements are feeding one another—while also driving a growing counter-movement.
Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.