Every West Point class votes on an official motto. Most are then inscribed on their class rings. Hence, the pejorative West Point label “ring knocker.” … The Price of Power and West Point’s Class of 1986Read more
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The Heresy of White Christianity
There are, as Cornel West has pointed out, only two African-Americans who rose from dirt-poor poverty to the highest levels of American intellectual life—the writer … The Heresy of White ChristianityRead more
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The Guardian Must Answer for Its Appalling Coverage of Brazil
The Guardian is of course the closest thing that the UK has to a mainstream progressive newspaper, and it had, until relatively recently, a rich … The Guardian Must Answer for Its Appalling Coverage of BrazilRead more
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For a global movement with a radical agenda
In this interview, the first to Indian media, Yanis speaks elaborately on the 2019 British election, Brexit, the E.U. crisis, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, … For a global movement with a radical agendaRead more
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The irreversible emissions of a permafrost ‘tipping point’
Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon. As global temperatures rise, this “permafrost” land is … The irreversible emissions of a permafrost ‘tipping point’Read more
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Bailouts Who Got What and Who Didn’t
The United States has passed five major economic bailouts and stimuluses since 2001. They are: the $15 billion airline bailout passed by President George W. … Bailouts Who Got What and Who Didn’tRead more
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Trump and Clinton: Censoring the unpalatable
A virulent if familiar censorship is about to descend on the US election campaign. As the cartoon brute, Donald Trump, seems almost certain to win … Trump and Clinton: Censoring the unpalatableRead more
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What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave
While the world rightfully focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic, the planet is still warming. This summer’s Antarctic weather, as elsewhere in the world, was unprecedented … What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwaveRead more
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The Geopolitics of Capitalism – Part 1
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIHPoYZRUJk&rel=0] David Harvey Anti-Capitalist Chronicles http://traffic.libsyn.com/anticapitalistchronicles/Acc_S1_E09_The_Geopolitics_of_Capitalism.mp3 All of our show transcripts have a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, so that … The Geopolitics of Capitalism – Part 1Read more
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Seattle—Anti-Capitalist Hotbed
Popular uprisings are rarely as spontaneous as the mainstream press often makes them out to be. Instead, from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring … Seattle—Anti-Capitalist HotbedRead more