Whether it’s soccer teams or sandwich shops, financialization was there before the pandemic, only making some of its supply-chain hijacking yet another example of an impending capitalist disaster. Re-regulation must remain important as crises loom in the post-pandemic recovery. A 2017 interview with UMass’s Gerald Epstein points to the need to...
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This is something I have been considering for a long time [10 years or so] and the events of January 6th 2021 are slowly coalescing my thoughts on the subject. Or maybe I’m just slow. An article in the FT written in 2008 The new Russo-Chinese model is authoritarian and...
The best explanation of short selling (as it applies to GameStop) that I've read pic.twitter.com/o9ZL5HqsKf — John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) January 28, 2021 1/2Short selling means borrowing shares and immediately selling them. When the price goes down, they buy them back for cents and return them to the lender. This...
“(T)erminating labour and share markets, along with the type of commercial banking taken for granted today, is a prerequisite for a post-capitalist society with functioning markets, authentic democracy and personal liberty.” Left accelerationism seems tempting in a time when markets, democracy, and liberty are in peril. but Yanis Varoufakis is hinting...
One of the best and honest speeches given at Congressman John Lewis' funeral was by James Lawson, an activist of activists from the early days. The words of James Lawson are ones every activist must listen to now. x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. While President Obama...
Katy Tur who for some time has been pushing back at the guardians of unfettered capitalism that impoverish many called the system out today. It was a segment of beauty. Katy Tur strikes again x x YouTube Video Watch complete episodes here. The setup for the segment was all-encompassing and...
I continue to be more impressed with Stephanie Ruhle like I am with Ali Velshi as they generally attempt to push the limits of journalistic integrity the best they can within the constraints of the corporate media. Here she almost hit a home run. Then again it’s important to note that Ruhle...
It’s a free event but Eventbrite will ask you for your email for videocoonference site notification/access on the day of the event Davis …argued in Ecology of Fear[14] that realistic solutions lie in a radical transformation of the city and of capitalism by the global working-class, as Lewis Mumford and Garrett Eckbo advocated....
If America can only clothe its medical personnel attending those infected with COVID-19 with trash bags, how can we send people back to work knowing so many are unprotected. Both Glenn Beck and Texas Lieutenant Dan Patrick are wrong. It is not necessary for the elderly to put themselves at...
Andrew Yang must be admired for making the connection between hyper-corporate capitalism and the opioid epidemic in ABC's Democratic Debate in New Hampshire. He acknowledges that the blood-money must be recovered from these corporations responsible for infecting and addicting Americans with their poison. Andrew Yang on hyper-corporate capitalism & opioids x...
Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst discusses Capitalism, Socialism, Slavery, & the Corporation. Forget about your preconceived notions. Please listen in detail. x x YouTube Video Please consider supporting Politics Done Right, Progressive Independent Media.