You too Can Run your Own City as a Citizen

Municipalism and the Feminization of Politics
Beside turning local institutions into mechanisms of self-governance, municipalism also has the potential to feminize politics in a way that action at the national level does not.Municipalism is generating increasing interest around the world as a strategy to ( Read more... )

Municipal Democracy or Bust!

Municipalist syndicalism: organizing the new working class

By adopting a municipalist agenda, the labor movements of the new working class have the power to democratize not just the union, but also the city itself.A municipalist revolution is impossible without the support and cooperation of labor unions. In some ( Read more... )

Political System Beyond Saving. Nation is Done Forever.

Why Do So Many Americans Fear Muslims? Decades of Denial About America’s Role in the World.

There’s been lots of attention-grabbing opposition to Trump’s “Muslim ban” executive order, from demonstrations to court orders. But polls make it clear public opinion is much more mixed. Standard ( Read more... )

A new research paper from economists including Thomas Piketty finds that the bottom 50%’s share of income in the United States is “collapsing.”

The paper, written by Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, studies global inequality dynamics. And while there are rising top income and wealth shares in nearly all ( Read more... )

Think about this for a second: when was the last time you earnestly exclaimed that something was unfair? If you’re over the age of eight, it’s probably been quite some time; you likely can’t even remember. You know why that is? Well, at some point in your life, likely in elementary school, you were taught, or you realized on your own that life isn ( Read more... )

As Capitalism Commits Suicide Under Trump, Economic Alternative Struggles to Be Born.

Women’s cooperatives: A glimpse into Rojava’s economic modelZahra Shexo bends over her sewing machine and meticulously, but expertly allows the course material to run through her fingers and under the pointed needle of the machine. The sound of over a dozen women ( Read more... )

Praying to The Altar of Capitalism, The Economist Finds Solution to Capitalism, More Capitalism!


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Future Aliens to Study the Cause of The Collapse of Human Civilization. The Cause: Humans.

Federal Reserve Bankers Mocked Unemployed Americans Behind Closed Doors

In 2011, unemployment was at a near crisis level. The jobless rate was stuck around 9 percent nationally, an unusually high number due to the continuing effects of the financial crash.
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Army of Buttlers to Assist in Fetching Provisions While Peasants are Left to Fend Off Orange Threat. Private Jets Ready to Depart to New Land of Freedom.

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
Some of the wealthiest people in America-in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond-are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.Steve Huffman, the thirty-three ( Read more... )

Is Not You America is Me... No, is You.

Post-Election Survey: Democrats Can Still Reach Trump Voters
The study by Working America, shared exclusively with The Nation, finds that many Trump voters are up for grabs-but also points to a lack of progressive infrastructure.As Donald Trump’s popularity with white working-class voters became vexingly ( Read more... )