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Category: Corporatism

War, Genocide and Coups: Biden/Harris and the Irreversible Crisis of Neoliberal Fake Democracy

Corporatism, coup, Democrats and Republicans, US Foreign Policy, US Politics

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 One of the defining characteristics of the current crisis is the speed at which contradictory social, political and ideological dynamics can change with contradictions shifting from primary to secondary, antagonistic to non-antagonist and conflicts of interests, as well as struggles among the capitalist oligarchy producing new intra-bourgeois class alignments.[…]

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US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions

Corporatism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Foreign Policy

by Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 18, 2024 Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation”[…]

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Corporate War Profiteers Finally Put on Trial

Action!!, Capitalism, Corporatism, Genocide, Imperial Wars, Israel, Protest, Resistance, Weapons Sales

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, November 20, 2023 The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal began on November 12, 2023 and has weekly sessions on Zoom and later available on their Rumble channel.  If you are interested in viewing the Tribunal or learning more about it, please visit their website at https://merchantsofdeath.org.   There, you can register for[…]

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East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy

Abuses of Empire, Austerity, Corporatism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Toxic Chemicals, War on the Earth, War on the Poor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, March 1, 2023 A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. The U.S. is an oligarchy. Stating this fact explains events that may seem mysterious if this[…]

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Behind Sam Bankman-Fried’s Cryptocurrency Crash

Capitalism, Corporatism, Corruption, Economic Collapse, US Government Action, US Politics

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, December 4, 2022 “What is the robbing of a bank to the founding of a bank?” —Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera Thirty-year-old “wonder boy” Sam Bankman-Fried (often called SBF) was, at $21 billion, among the richest men on earth. Until a month ago, he was CEO of the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the[…]

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Sanctions and the New Cold War on China

China, Corporatism, Imperialism, Legislation, Political Analysis, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, US Foreign Policy

by Carlos Martinez, August 2022 Background The instinctive attitude of the United States towards the Chinese Revolution was of course one of hostility. In a protracted war between progress and reaction, between the future and the past, the governments of the US and the People’s Republic of China were, and are, are on opposite sides of the barricades. Hence shortly[…]

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From Bill Gates to the Great Refusal – Farmers on the Frontline

Agriculture, Corporatism, India

by Colin Todhunter, published on Countercurrents, July 27, 2022 Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most humans were engaged in agriculture. Our relationship with nature was immediate. Within just a few generations, however, for many people across the world, their link with the land has been severed. Food now arrives pre-packaged (often precooked), preserved with chemicals and contains harmful pesticides, micro-plastics,[…]

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