As wildfires roared through both Northern and Southern California, the SF Chronicle reports the weather prediction (as of Nov. 12) is for “Mostly sunny skies with dry conditions throughout the week for […]
California Wildfires: A Working Class Issue
2018 Midterm Elections: Voter Suppression, Racism and Chauvinism
The 2018 elections were a scandalous fraud, even by the standards of capitalist legality. The fact that the AFL-CIO completely ignored this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as […]
America’s halfway house
Michael Roberts on the US elections and economic perspectives.
Brazilian elections: some very real lessons
It might seem strange that an open racist could be elected in a country with a majority of black and “mixed race” (as it’s described there) people. It might seem strange that […]
The Maga Bomber, Stockholm Syndrome and Mass Schizophrenia
If you wanted to write a piece of fiction meant to show how many white workers are being driven criminally insane due to the crisis of capitalism and the failure of the […]
Conversation at the grocery store: “That’s not a threat. It’s an opportunity!”
I have to stop letting my wife do most of the grocery shopping. I was standing on line at Lucky’s just now. There was a guy standing in front of me. Looked […]
Correction?
A couple of things to point out: 1) As Roberts says, Trump’s tax cuts did help increase the economic expansion. The cuts helped raise profits, which did moderately stimulate economic growth. Even […]
Marriott strikers can win
“I think it’s great.” “Is this something to do with those women protesting?” “They are completely different from us.” These were three comments from workers and young people about the Marriott strike […]
Brexit, Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and the dog who was silent in the night
Roger Silverman reports from London: The Brexit endgame is playing out. Theresa May’s position as prime minister is under threat from the Brexiteers, who are alarmed at the prospect of a capitulation […]
Khashoggi murder shows world capitalist crisis
The murder of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi represents another attack on capitalist democracy, but it is also much more than that: It represents a potential crisis in the Saudi regime and, […]