We are all held hostage under this system. Oppression. Suppression. Subjugation. Alienation. Isn’t neoliberalism fun? Capitalism through the barrel of a gun. Work here. Collapse there. Take our bullshit and be grateful for it. No, no dignity. What do you need that for? …

In a Neoliberal Nightmare. As much immense satisfaction as I derive from watching all of the Trump family’s crooked little chickens come home to roast at once, I cannot help but feel a simmering rage bubbling up from beneath the surface at how artfully the media are avoiding the main…

And what it may portend for the international order moving forward. Drafts of all kinds have been notoriously unpopular throughout history and, in the many cases where they have been instituted, they have resulted in mass revolts on the domestic front and a lethargic, unenthusiastic band of brothers on the…

Signs and signals of a superpower in decline. When historians reflect back on the past hundred or so years, it is clear that the twentieth century was indeed the American Century. Emerging from WWII relatively unscathed in comparison to Europe, the United States had enough to thrive, while simultaneously helping…

This bo**ox just does not seem worth it anymore. I’ve been poor my entire life. I honestly don’t know what it feels like to be secure and financially stable. Not complaining. Some people have it a lot worse and I know that. Just feel tired now. Exhausted. Tired of seeing…

Extreme problems demand extreme solutions. From scandal to scandal, from outrage to outrage, from one atrocity to the next, the Trump Show has been as nerve wracking as it has been entertaining. At one time, the entire news cycle, on both Republican and Democratic- backed media, revolved around the dumpster…

Local communities push ahead on climate action. ‘The truth about the nature and the power of the elite is not some secret which men of affairs know but will not tell. … No matter how great their actual power, they tend to be less acutely aware of it than of…

It’s possible King Charles III will be a spectacular failure. If there was any time to question the continued relevance of the Monarchy in the lives of the British and the Commonwealth, it is now, in the aftermath of the death of the longest reigning royal, Queen Elizabeth II. Wracked…

If Maggie Thatcher was made of iron, this woman is made of steel. Britain is currently experiencing a very rough and rocky time. All their chips seem to be falling all at once, as one crisis after another shakes the nation. The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the rock of…