The loss of basic democratic norms began long before Trump, which paved the road to an American totalitarianism. He is the symptom, not the disease.
Chris Hedges Report: How Fascism Came
Tag: Neoliberalism
Patrick Lawrence: The Center the Centrists Can’t Hold
What is unfolding now in France and Germany is happening one or another way across the Western powers that form the walls of the neoliberal fortress.
Vijay Prashad: The Eighth Continent of Sleaze
The Global North and its corporate executives have wielded the concept of “corruption” against the Global South, whose social wealth it injects into the Continent of Sleaze.
Vijay Prashad: Swimming in Mud in 5th Circle of Hell
Instead of solving the problems of the majority, the “far right of a special type” — a right that is intimately tied to liberalism — cultivates a politics of anger.
Tooth-Fairy Politics
Trump or Harris, the outcome of this election was never going to make a meaningful difference to the victims of the U.S. empire, whatever we were told, writes Jonathan Cook.
Capitalism’s In-House Critic: Hedges’ Monbiot Interview
Capitalism would need to invent a Guardian, if it did not already exist, writes Jonathan Cook. And in turn, The Guardian would need to invent a George Monbiot if he was not already one of its columnists.
The Chris Hedges Report: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
“It disenchants us with everything which cannot be measured in dollars and cents” — George Monbiot on his new book, Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism.
Vijay Prashad: Rust Belt & Broken Road
From the 1942 “American century” to Trump’s “American carnage,” the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline and is now facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty and social decay.
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
Vijay Prashad: Brazil’s Floodwaters of Austerity
In Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, millions are suffering from extreme flooding. Amid the waters, the Landless Workers’ Movement is focused on providing emergency relief.