Eric Ross: Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the U.S. Empire in Latin America
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro
Tom Engelhardt: Burning Books (or Rather Book Companies)
Looking Back on My Years in — And out of — Publishing
Norman Solomon: Corporate Media Supports Anyone But Sanders or Warren
What’s at stake includes democracy—the informed consent of the governed—and so much more.
Amihai Glazer: Why cities should stop playing Amazon’s game and quit offering companies tax incentives
New York City should count its blessings. Amazon’s decision to walk away from its plan to build a new headquarters in Queens stunned city and state officials, who had promised US$3 billion … Continue reading
Sandy Solomon: Notes from the Times
We watch purchase of power become protected right: they claim that money equals nothing less than speech. Bad enough that once wasps broached the ceiling. Near the patch, across the … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Revolt of the Robots
How we can find meaning, purpose and pride when the workplace no longer offers them? Why bother designing robots when you can reduce human beings to machines? Last week, Amazon … Continue reading
Marsha Gordon: Blade Runner’s chillingly prescient vision of the future
Can corporations become so powerful that they dictate the way we feel? Can machines get mad – like, really mad – at their makers? Can people learn to love machines? … Continue reading
