2008 Again? Chinese Real Estate Colossus Evergrande on the Verge of Collapse
The giant Chinese real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt, which could have huge shockwaves around the world.
1 in 500 U.S. Residents Killed by COVID-19
On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913, the equivalent of 1 in 500 Americans.
COVID Test Kits – Profits Before People
Companies that make test kits can charge what they want and get fat off this health disaster, even if it means most people won’t have access to the care they need.
A Consequence of the California Drought: Disappearing Fish
Due the extreme drought, across creeks in Northern California lay rotting carcasses of the Chinook salmon, a fish that historically would rest for weeks in these waters after completing their upstream journey.
Remembering Occupy Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, on September 17, a movement calling itself Occupy emerged on the streets of New York City in Zuccotti Park of the financial district. Quickly the movement spread to other parts of the United States, and eventually, the world. It was an important moment in many peoples’ lives. After all, this many protests […]
Biden’s Climate Plan: Way Too Little, Way Too Late
Even in the face of an existential crisis for humanity, the Democrats are still unable to challenge the fossil fuel interests that dominate our global economy.
Biden’s Proposed Tax Increases: Still Far Lower Than Under Eisenhower
Despite the hype or the doomsday predictions, let’s not believe that Biden is really trying to take on the rich to benefit us.
Primaries in Argentina: Categorical defeat of the Alberto Fernández government and great election of the Left Unity Front
This is an article written by the Partido Obrero (Workers’ Party), a Trotskyist organization in Argentina, originally published on September 12, 2021 on their website, Prensa Obrera. 1. Electoral results brought a categorical defeat of the national government and its candidates in almost all provinces. The magnitude of the defeat embraces all tendencies and cliques […]
Afghanistan: Women Fight Back
After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, women are not simply sitting back and watching as their rights get swept away from them. No, they are fighting back.