Russia’s war on Ukraine both reflects and deepens a global split that should remind us of Karl Marx’s famous remark: “No social order ever disappears until all productive forces, for which there is place, have been developed; and new higher relations of production never appear until the material conditions ofRead More →
Tarek Ayoub, founder of Beforepay, and Jamie Twiss, CEO. Source: provided. The fortunes of prepayment fintech Beforepay appeared to change on Thursday, after a new report contrasted losses with rapid customer growth and a significant reduction in debt forgiveness. Beforepay, launched in 2019, draws inspiration from the buy now, payRead More →
In his April 26 “Your Turn,” DeVoe Moore laments the rise of socialism and the decline of capitalism in the United States. In doing so, he calls the government’s response to Covid 19 “unnecessary spending” and presents some figures for government spending to deal with this national crisis. In hisRead More →
I suppressed my feelings about the unfairness of our economic system for a very long time. Let’s forget about the injustice of our political system for now. The straw that broke the camel’s back came when I read that our nation’s biggest corporations had been obscenely inflating their profit marginsRead More →
Clockwise from top left: Angy Lebowitz reads a copy of People’s Weekly World in July 1995; Angy in 2020; and US Army First Lieutenant Angy Lebowitz while serving as a nurse in World War II. | Popular World Archives Angy Lebowitz, an energetic little fighter for peace, racial equality, universalRead More →
Comparison of States with Highest and Lowest Levels of Personal Debt and Income Americans collectively owe more than $15.3 trillion in personal debt, accumulated by financing homes and cars, taking out loans to attend college, or simply using credit cards. However, debt is not necessarily a sign that borrowers areRead More →
On Sunday evening, Emmanuel Macron became the first French president in 20 years to win a second term since Jacques Chirac in 2002. The victory, said Lewis Goodall, will have brought audible sighs of relief in European capitals, in the institutions of Brussels, in Washington and gnashing of teeth ofRead More →
A single mother has racked up £10,000 in debt due to the cost of living crisis affecting families across the UK. June Butterworth, 44, had to go from her job as a caregiver, a job she had had all her working life, to a housekeeper working reduced hours in aRead More →
Monday, April 25, 2022 12 p.m.; State House Library THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF RHODE ISLAND TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RIGOP PRESIDENT SUE CIENKI AND SENATE MINORITY WHIP JESSICA DE LA CRUZ On Monday, April 25, the Republican Party of Rhode Island (RIGOP) will hold a press conference withRead More →
Two polls, one in Canada and one in the US, found that millennials tend to have a positive view of socialism and socialist policies, with the US poll showing that 70% of millennials say they are likely to vote for a socialist candidate. If these results surprise you, you mayRead More →
Leftists sprinkled magic pixie dust on Disney and made it Marxist. In any case, this is the message currently filtering through the conservative media. To hear conservative commentator Mark Levin put it, “The Magic Kingdom is now a waking asylum.” If you were to take these bogus claims at faceRead More →
I Recently Decided The Kid With One F Is Old Enough To Watch Netflix stranger things. It may or may not be because I wanted to do a rewatch before the season premiere next month and it was a good way to claim living room TV without a fight. GoodRead More →
A review of The communist road to capitalism: how social unrest and lockdown have driven Chinese (r)evolution since 1949, Ralf Ruckus (PM Press, 2021), £12 In The communist road to capitalism German activist Ralf Ruckus takes a rather different approach to most stories of communist China. While writers generally focusRead More →
review of Socialism for soloists by William Edmundson (Polity, 2021) John Rawls was arguably the greatest liberal philosopher of the 20th century. But by the end of his life – he died in 2002, aged eighty-one – he had become a persistent critic of capitalism. In his 2001 book, JusticeRead More →
Many states have laws limiting fees for payday loans, but some payday lenders partner with multiple banks to issue loans whose prices exceed these limits. With these “rent-a-bank” agreements, banks issue loans on behalf of payday lenders, even in states that ban payday loans or only allow them with collateral.Read More →
A divided Germany offered a solid basis for comparison, with a market economy system in the West and a planned economy system in the East. German historian Hubertus Knabe, a leading expert on the history of the GDR, observed: “One of the biggest climate killers in the world was, inRead More →
The biggest, most common attack launched by the GOP is that Democrats are socialists and embrace socialism and all its evils. This has been a very effective strategy because it does not distinguish between democratic socialism as practiced by virtually all western democracies and communist socialism as represented by CubaRead More →
Last-minute declarants endeavor to send their declarations to the Internal Revenue Service by the 2021 tax year deadline on Monday, April 18 — and are likely looking forward to a big check via their tax refund. Some tax firms or other lenders may offer the option of accessing these fundsRead More →
Despite unprecedented extreme weather, droughts, floods and fires increasing every year, we see little or no action from capitalist leaders that matches the urgency of the crisis. Action must be taken immediately to end the use of fossil fuels, restore ecosystems and transform our relationship with the planet to secureRead More →
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By Carl D. RafothCANFIELD, Ohio – George Gilder, renowned economic theorist and prolific author, recently published an article answering the question: what is capitalism? It traces its meaning back to Karl Marx who defined capital as “embodied in machines and resources.” The word capital derives from the Latin word caputRead More →
Socialism – Facts about our semi-socialist and capitalist democracy Responding to my recent “Charter Schools a Bad Alternative to Public Education”, a few readers who challenged my stance went so far as to accuse me and Democrats of “pushing Satanist ideas and behaviors”. with the recommendation that “a movement inRead More →
By Fred Ezeh Abuja Professor Ganiyat Adejoke Uthman from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has recommended in his research the adoption of an Islamic economic system in the management of the Nigerian economy. She said the Islamic economic system has provenRead More →
You can attribute just about everything you have touched, eaten or worn today to capitalism. But you can also blame it for some of the world’s worst problems. Is it broken? Or an urgent need to reinvent? Session 2 of TED2022 featured five thought-provoking talks that brought us to someRead More →
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Kentucky law allows triple-digit interest rates on certain loans. The logic of the 1960s law was simple. Consumers have the option of paying the price in cash or the price on credit, but the price on credit can more than double the total bill. When BigRead More →
What you hear loudly in the street is the ruthless hatred towards Macron within this large amorphous social stratum known as yellow vestsor among those who wince at his arrogance and smugness. Part of the 20% of Corbynist votes for Jean-Luc Mélenchon will revolve around Le Pen during the secondRead More →
The India of the 1980s was a time of intense political turmoil across the country, including armed and disruptive movements widely supported by some constituencies, their demands ranging from statehood to secession. One such move was the call for Gorkhaland, which many Gorkhas – Indian Nepalese living in West Bengal’sRead More →
Design and engineering challenges inherent in developing a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) will take years, not months, says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday at the American University of Washington. The event marked the first time Yellen publicly aired his views on digital assets since President Joe BidenRead More →
Corbyn exploits unpaid workers in the name of socialism Marx always said that workers in a capitalist system are exploited for their work, and Corbyn certainly proves that to be true. Labor leader in exile must raise funds for his peace and justice Party Project, and its new Why weRead More →
This week, the Conservative government announced that the UK is set to embrace the cryptocurrency craze, in a bid to attract investors from around the world. Instead of welcoming these spies and speculators, we must expropriate the billionaire class. Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently said Britain is striving to become aRead More →
The problem in Sri Lanka is nationalization, socialist policies with a mix of populism, handouts and handouts, and a controlled economy Sri Lanka is in deep trouble, due to the economic crisis and subsequent public outrage, which has hit the common man hard. Soaring inflation, weak government policies and theRead More →
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review of Revisiting the Marxist Critique of Liberalism: Rethinking Justice, Legality and Rights by Igor Shoikhebrod (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) What will communism look like? Anti- or at least non-liberal seems to be the consensus between right and left sections. The former fear that socialists will seek their hard-won freedoms; theRead More →
Environmental activists have argued that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes clear that governments must ‘say no’ to new fossil fuels and drive economic change to avoid climate breakdown. . The latest IPCC report, released April 4, examines ways to mitigate climate change andRead More →
Environmental activists have argued that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes clear that governments must ‘say no’ to new fossil fuels and drive economic change to avoid climate breakdown. . The latest IPCC report, released April 4, examines ways to mitigate climate change andRead More →
Will bankruptcy affect my job? A question frequently asked by our clients who are considering declaring bankruptcy is whether or not it will affect their employment. The answer According to 11 U.S. Code § 525, neither a government nor a private employer “shall terminate the employment of a person whoRead More →
Environmental activists said the latest UN climate report makes it clear that governments must say no to new fossil fuels and tackle an economic system that is accelerating us towards climate collapse. The latest IPCC report examines ways to mitigate climate change and follows reports on physical science in AugustRead More →
Understanding the nature of capitalism’s contradictions and crises is central to the question of building a socialist alternative, writes John Clarke Efforts to pretend the global pandemic is over are colliding with the stubborn and deadly reality of its continued spread. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, against the backdrop ofRead More →