Earlier this week, Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, stated on Fox News that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was an “honorable man” who fought … Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Myths, ExplainedRead more
C.J. Polychroniou: Noam, higher education in the US is a terribly expensive affair, and hundreds of billions are owed in student loans. First, do you … Breaking Through the Political Barriers to Free EducationRead more
Yanis Varoufakis talking: Look, it’s déjà vu. We’ve seen it all before. It all began in the 1980s under Ronald Reagan, this mass redistribution of … Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the PoorRead more
Isabel Allende talking: Chile had been the longest and most solid democracy in the continent. And we elected a socialist president that represented a coalition … Trump doesn’t invent anything, its all here beforeRead more
Yanis Varoufakis talking: it used to be, in the United States—remember President Eisenhower—it used to be the military-industrial complex, the medical-industrial complex. In Europe, it … Financialization created a new deep establishmentRead more
Resistance entails suffering. It requires self-sacrifice. It accepts that we may be destroyed. It is not rational. It is not about the pursuit of happiness. … The Cost of ResistanceRead more
C.J. Polychroniou: Noam, racism, inequality, mass incarceration and gun violence are pathologies that run deep inside American society. How would a progressive government begin to … Imagining Our Way Beyond NeoliberalismRead more
The #MeToo hashtag has been tweeted well over a million times in 85 different countries. #MeToo was broadly deployed by women and non-cisgender people in … How #MeToo Can Graduate from Moment to MovementRead more
Yanis Varoufakis talking: The history of the Catalan independence movement is too long to enter into now. But also it doesn’t really matter, because what … Donald Trump is ISIS’ greatest friendRead more
So much of the discussion about Donald Trump’s success in politics has focused on how he has mastered social media, particularly Twitter, with his continual … How Social Media Abet the Political RightRead more