GST Original Articles
By R. Burke / 05 April 2016
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A review by R. Burke of Nick Srnicek & Alex Williams' Inventing the Future; Postcapitalism and a World Without Work.
By Stan Cox / 27 March 2016
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A Review of Brian Tokar's book Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Justice (Porsgrunn, Norway: New Compass Press, 2014).
This expanded edition of Brian Tokar's book is a concise, valuable summing-up of the most important issue facing humanity today: how to stop runaway climate chaos while at the same time achieving justice in the distribution of economic power, resources, and the hard work of ecological... Read more
By R. Burke / 16 March 2016
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A review by R. Burke of Douglas Murphy's Last Futures; Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture.
Those of us who lived during the ‘60’s and early ‘70’s can remember a time when it was taken for granted that technological progress would lead to some kind of utopian world. The 1964 World’s Fair in New York and Expo 67's “Man and His World” exhibition in Montreal played a big role in defining our images of the future. These expositions, in... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 14 February 2016
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“Where to Invade Next” by Michael Moore, reviewed by Kim Scipes
Michael Moore’s new movie, “Where to Invade Next” is not what you’d expect from Moore. It is not some jeremiad against US nefariousness somewhere around the world, nor is it an enraged assault on capitalism, our health care “system” or anything else.
What it is, in reality, is a call to our highest ideals. But it is sly, sly, sly—and subtle. Not what one associates with the... Read more
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By Peter Dreier / 16 July 2018
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In 1920, Eugene Victor Debs ran for president from a cell in the federal prison in Atlanta for a speech opposing World War 1 that he gave 100 years ago – on June 18, 1918. Despite his imprisonment, Debs received 913,664 votes – 3.4 percent of the total.
In his speech, the Socialist Party leader told a packed crowd at a park in Canton, Ohio: “You need to know that you are good... Read more
By Matt Wilkins / 15 July 2018
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Encouraging individuals to recycle more will never solve the problem of a massive production of single-use plastic that should have been avoided in the first place.
By Billy Corriher / 15 July 2018
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Alamance County District Attorney Pat Nadolski filed criminal charges against 12 people who voted while they were ineligible because they were on probation or parole. Eight of them are black in a county where African Americans make up only 19 percent of the population. (Image is a still from this video.)
Twelve people in Alamance County, North Carolina, could go on trial as soon as next month... Read more
By Spenser Rapone / 11 July 2018
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An essay on a classic of Marxist philosophy. Unfortunately much of the World-Left has neglected to learn its' lessons.
By Jim Scheff / 07 July 2018
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A few weeks ago, my wife and I were backpacking on the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail along Rock Creek in McCreary County when we came across a fellow hiker who’d traveled from Indiana to hike Kentucky’s long trail.
After some talk of footwear choices and blisters, she remarked on the astounding beauty of the place. “We don’t have anything like this,” she said.
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By Chantal Mouffe / 06 July 2018
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Chantal Mouffe argues that Jeremy Corbyn represents the success of left populism.
By Ellen Brown / 05 July 2018
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There is serious consideration of establishing a State Bank in California--the fifth largest economy in the world--to enable the state bank to both serve their population and add income to the state's budget. Interestingly, this is being advocated by leading politicians in the state, people who have serious popular support.