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Viral Ideas of the Pandemic Moment
| August 2, 2020
“The meanings that COVID-19 takes on in different contexts is a result of the different ways it is being mediated – public health officials, news media, Hollywood, and the new … Watch video »
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Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
| July 31, 2020
On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second US “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk … Keep reading »
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Crisis and Virus: COVID-19 in Context
| July 30, 2020
“Toward the end of the twentieth century a sickness struck the world. Not everyone died, but all suffered from it” — Samir Amin (2003, 7). It has been over forty … Keep reading »
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Trump Is Daring Us to Stop Him
| July 29, 2020
Trump’s deployment of federal officers to Democratic-run cities is extreme even for him. Keep reading »
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Popular Protagonism in the Transition to Socialism
| July 28, 2020
In this interview, Michael Lebowitz explores the importance of participation and democracy in the construction of socialism, while reflecting on the internal contradictions of the Bolivarian Process. He was interviewed … Keep reading »
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Debating the IHRA and Anti-Semitism: Why the CIJA Lost
| July 27, 2020
For more than five years, and on numerous occasions, the Jewish anti-racist social justice organization Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) invited the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) – … Keep reading »
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Capitalism is the Parasite; Capitalism is the Virus
| July 26, 2020
With hindsight, a few years from now, it may well appear to us that the year 2020, the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, marked the dawn … Keep reading »
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Nuclear Weapons and Extreme Threats
| July 24, 2020
A Tale of Two Men Handling Emergency One man reacted to emergency and the other one didn’t. The two men are Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988), the highly revered Nobel … Keep reading »
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Pandemic Worsens, Resistance Will Follow
| July 23, 2020
World leaders like Trump and Johnson trying to get back to business as usual while the virus continues to spread are deliberately sacrificing public health. Keep reading »
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Laos Has Tackled COVID-19, But It Is Drowning in Debt to International Finance
| July 22, 2020
On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) – a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia – said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said … Keep reading »
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Crunch Time for the Platform Management Model
| July 21, 2020
In what may come to be viewed as a historic court case, a group of UK Uber drivers from London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow have launched a legal action against … Keep reading »
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Trump, Johnson, and Bolsonaro in the Swamp
| July 20, 2020
How is the Pandemic Going for You? The spectacular failures of Brazil, the UK, and the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic offer valuable lessons on what must never happen again: … Keep reading »
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