The Billionaire Space Race Is a
Tragically Wasteful Ego Contest: Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are
spending billions to go to space, using money and resources that belong to the
people.
A Sign That the Labor Shortage
Is Vanishing: Republican-led states have reduced unemployment benefits, and
workers are quitting their jobs at a nearly pre-pandemic rate.
Gravitas: 37 American states sue
Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJu5LWkt29w
The Day That Richard Nixon
Changed U.S. Economic Policy Forever: Fifty years ago, in response to rising
inflation, he rejected several long-standing practices. His Keynesian turn
holds lessons for today’s economy.
Caregiving costs, fraud, etc.
How to Achieve Sustainable
Remote Work: Companies must move away from surveillance and visible busyness,
and toward defined outcomes and trust.
FACT SHEET: Executive Order on
Promoting Competition in the American Economy
Housing Insecurity and Efficacy
of COVID Relief: View the Discussion
Biden Wants to Tame Big Tech
With a Thousand Paper Cuts: The Democrats’ plan to take on Big Tech is divided
between slipshod legislative and regulatory efforts. Can small bites get the
job done, or do we need more sweeping proposals?
Who Gets Left Behind as We “Return
to Normal”? For people with compromised
immune systems, “long Covid,” and other disabilities, the pandemic doesn’t end
with vaccination.
Biden launches assault on
monopolies: The sweeping executive order takes aim at concentrated markets in
industries including agriculture, airlines, broadband and banking — and
includes efforts to lower drug prices and protect privacy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/08/biden-assault-monopolies-498876
Biden fires Social Security
chief
Trump Appointee Who Threatened
to Keep Working Despite Biden Firing Whines: I Can’t Log In
The firing of a wretched Trump
appointee opens the door to expanding Social Security
U.N. warns 10% of world
undernourished as hunger "shot up" amid COVID pandemic
Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New
Good Billionaire: With Bill Gates in disgrace, oligarchy's apologists have been
pushing Scott as a replacement. But is Jeff Bezos's ex-wife really an improvement?
Campaign to Rein in Mega IRA Tax
Shelters Gains Steam in Congress Following ProPublica Report
One proposal would ban the kinds
of transactions that helped Peter Thiel amass $5 billion in his Roth; another
would cap how much could be saved tax-free in these retirement accounts. But
two unrelated bills could undermine those efforts.
What the $%&! Is Going On at
the FDA? Experts want to know why the
agency approved a questionable Alzheimer’s drug but has withheld full approval
from Covid vaccines.
Nevada Bill To Legalize
Marijuana Consumption Lounges Heads To Governor’s Desk
Marijuana Laws by State in 2021:
A Legal Weed Map and Short Guide to Regulation.
Marijuana Legality by State: A Comprehensive Interactive Map
https://www.oberk.com/marijuanalawsbystate
Economic Update: Inflation &
Labor Shortage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERxbkHYWgMY
The Social Consequences of
Raising Prices - Richard D Wolff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeOdmy-BfEM
After COVID, Capitalism Squeezes
the Working Class to Get Them Back To Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2JlIb_E0g
Ask Prof Wolff: Why So Many
Different Socialisms?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W9hETLPkmY
Global Capitalism: The Challenge
of China [July 2021]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpD0Im5d9-c
An Unapologetic ‘Tax the Rich’ Message Is the Key to
Passing the Democratic Budget Plan: “The wealthy and large corporations [must
pay] their fair share of taxes, so that we can protect the working families of
this country,” says Bernie Sanders.
Who’s Afraid of Lina Khan? (All the Right People.) The new FTC commissioner has the authority,
instincts, and acumen to meaningfully rein in the power of companies like
Facebook and Amazon. That’s why they hate her.
Omaha Adopt a Teacher group grows in support of
educators, students
https://www.wowt.com/2020/07/26/omaha-adopt-a-teacher-group-grows-in-support-of-educators-students/
WILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SQUANDER ITS $1.1 BILLION
STIMULUS WINDFALL? A history of
management snafus under Superintendent Bill Hite can only make you wonder if
we’re able to seize this potentially transformative moment
https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/school-district-squander-billions/
IT’S TIME TO RE-ENROLL ADULTS, INCLUDING JOHN KRUK, IN
HIGHER EDUCATION: 36 million Americans have earned some college credits but no
degree. A longtime college president says it’s time to honor what they have
learned in life and help them attain degrees.
https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/re-enroll-adults-high-ed/
Don’t Let the Rhetoric Fool You—Charter Schools Often
Aren’t Public: If they were, they wouldn’t be so inaccessible.
Public Schools Advocate: A Project of The Progressive
Magazine
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/AboutPSA?mc_cid=68d7ad39d7&mc_eid=645398ebef
Why Democrats Should Fear Inflation: We can debate its
economic harm, but its political damage to progressive governance is
indisputable.
The Problem of the Small Landlord and Other Pandemic
Relief Traps: Landlords claiming extreme hardship are blaming eviction
moratoriums for their troubles. These are misdirections we have to reject while
rebuilding from the pandemic.
TALKING SOCIALISM | Interviewing Jacobin‘s Bhaskar
Sunkara
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/sunkara/
Lost in the Wilderness: Can the White Working Class
Return Home?
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/can-the-white-working-class-return-home/
“Like Standing Rock, but more prepared.” Minnesota DSA
Stands Up Against Line 3
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/minnesota-dsa-against-line-3/
For a Socialist Tomorrow: A Report on 2019-2021. From the National Political Committee
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/for-a-socialist-tomorrow-a-report-on-2019-2021/
LIVES ON THE LINE | A Restaurant Worker’s Story
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/a-restaurant-workers-story/
Why Are All My Trans Friends Socialists?
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/transgender-socialism/
BOOK REVIEW | Black Marxism Today
https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/issues/summer-2021/black-maxism-today/
THIS TIME FACEBOOK HAS GONE TOO FAR!
Beyond Big Meat: Just six companies control two-thirds of
the nation's meat production. It's time to end their monopoly of our food
supply.
Global meat industry ‘using tobacco company tactics’ to
downplay role in driving climate crisis, investigation claims. Exclusive: Meat companies are routinely
underreporting emissions, undermining climate science and casting doubt on plant-based
alternatives, an investigation claims
Oil producing nations agree deal to control prices
Buying Drugs From Canada Won’t Solve America’s Obscene
Health Care Costs: Proposals to lower drug prices through importation are
wildly popular but also completely inadequate.
Joel Osteen’s Obscene Lifestyle Condemned After Church
Receives Millions In Bailout Loans
The Race to Leave Planet Earth: Not just billionaires but
private companies and a growing number of nations are, somewhat abruptly,
competing to get into space.
Dow tumbles 700 points for its worst drop since October
as investors fear a Covid resurgence
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/18/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
The covid recession is officially over, and it was the
shortest on record
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/economy/recession-end-covid-nber/index.html
Why Does Congress Let the Ivy League Operate as a
Monopoly? A little-known law allows the
most prestigious schools in America to cap the aid they offer to the most
sought-after applicants, a provision that harms students of color.
Michael Brooks on Why the War on the Poor Must End
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/michael-brooks-food-stamps-one-year-tribute
Americans’ Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Known,
Totaling $140 Billion: A new study finds that health care has become the country’s
largest source of debt in collections. Those debts are largest where Medicaid
wasn’t expanded.
More Reasons to Hate the Dentist: Is the field of
dentistry rife with overtreatment?
https://newrepublic.com/article/163012/reasons-hate-dentist-malpractice
Bernie Sanders chairs hearing on declining life
expectancy in America | FULL HEARING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_LjAC4sfgg
MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This
Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.
A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to
societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re
unfortunately right on schedule.
Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the
rise, study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/health/marijuana-schizophrenia-study-wellness/index.html
Tokyo’s Olympics Have Become the Anger Games: The
Olympics are supposed to be a symbol of global togetherness, but Tokyo’s are
shaping up to be the least wanted in history.
Drug Distributors and J.&J. Reach $26 Billion Deal to
End Opioid Lawsuits: The agreement would allow funds to begin flowing from the
companies to states and communities to pay for addiction and prevention
services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/health/opioids-distributors-settlement.html
Frito-Lay had workers move the dead body of a coworker
and keep working, claims striking employee
Padilla: 'Fundamentally wrong' to deem undocumented
workers essential yet deny them protections
Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist? The Amazon founder revived the theory of
surplus value.
Voters Prevail In Missouri: 275,000 To Gain Access To Health
Care
David Van Deusen, PRESIDENT VERMONT STATE LABOR COUNCIL,
AFL-CIO.
vtdavidvandeusen@gmail.com
, (802) 522-5812
https://vt.aflcio.org/about-us/david-van-deusen
Global Capitalism: The Challenge of China - July 14, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpD0Im5d9-c&t=1819s
Professor Richard Wolff: This Economy Cannot Survive The
Delta Variant – July 15, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ1j3QVBb88
Ask Prof Wolff: Criticizing Critics of Marx's Labor
Theory of Value - July 16, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhJ6y-PzclE
Wolff Responds: Not Labor Shortage but CLASS Struggle –
July 17, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnK-9b08yjs
China's Transformation from Poverty to Economic Power -
Richard D Wolff - July 18, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuKa99i94NI
Economic Update: The Challenge of Progressive Unionism –
July 19, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_lqxS-xUsQ
Shocking Statistics on the Rising Cost of Living in the
US - Richard Wolff – July 20, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMp6pCpsSOg
Wolff Responds: Food Prices Rise but not $7.25 Minimum
Wage – July 21, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMds0YjLn8
Ask Prof Wolff: Lessons for the Left from the 20th
Century - July 21, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byPxfDTvNLE
Ask Prof Wolff: Demonizing Socialists – July 23, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjYy-cIeuM
The Corporate Surveillance Industry Has Become a Global
Monster: Companies like Israel’s NSO Group have revolutionized how governments
spy on their citizens. Can they be tamed?
The Infrastructure Bill Needs to Succeed Where Tech’s
Utopian Promises Failed: Decades of disruption made Silicon Valley rich, but
its ideology of technological solutionism failed the rest of us. It’s time to
reinvest in public goods.
Michael Pollan’s All-Natural Highs:Both coffee and opium
come from plants. Why embrace one and not the other?
We’ll Never Fix Hospitals’ Price Gouging If We Don’t
Break Their Stranglehold on Congress: Rather than force hospitals to be up
front with patients about their costs, we should strip them of the power to set
them.
Chris Hedges | The HORRIFIC State of the American Empire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYsGuBdzM4
How Do You Convince People to Eat Less Meat? A recent fracas in Spain shows that simply
telling people to reduce meat consumption in the name of climate and personal
health won’t work.
Los Angeles Liberals’ Brutal Campaign Against the
Homeless: Affluent Southern Californians are funding a massive effort to
criminalize the unhoused and defeat their few remaining political allies.
The Congressman Behind the House Infrastructure Bill Is
Miffed About the Bipartisan Deal: Peter DeFazio, who chairs the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is frustrated by the way the
Senate has warped his original bill.
Long Drives, Costly Flights, And Wearying Waits: What
Abortion Requires In The South
The Eviction Moratorium Is a Sitting Duck: Dithering
Democrats have left vulnerable renters in the worst possible place: at the
mercy of the Supreme Court.
Jennifer O'Gara from Horsham on why she supports Medicare
For All!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNKJMbu7uB8
Trump to object to release of tax returns -lawyer
U.S. Ranks Dead Last for Healthcare Among 11 Wealthy
Countries
Richard Trumka Was Forthright Til the End: The late
AFL-CIO president’s breathtaking Obama speech in 2008 was just one of countless
times when he spoke a courageous truth.
The Impossibility of the Tesla Tell-All: A new book
examines the tension between Elon Musk’s personality and the business of making
cars. But what if there is none?
Why Are Democrats Inviting Republicans to Hold Them
Hostage Over the Debt Ceiling? Those
nostalgic for the Obama years may soon get to relive the toxic brinkmanship
that periodically threatened the global economy during that era.
The New Economics Is Here: Legislative compromise is
always disappointing, but we’re really moving toward an economy that’s more
caring, more green, and more equal.
Three Big Takeaways from a Strong July Jobs Report: The
Biden economy is growing, but there’s a great need, and a great potential, for
further job growth.
The 'retail apocalypse': Big retailers and malls were
already struggling when the pandemic hit. Now they’re shuttering stores at
alarming rates.
The culture war goes global
https://theweek.com/culture/1003370/the-culture-war-goes-global
Is the housing boom now a housing bubble? And more of the week's best financial insight
Education experts are 'deeply concerned' about a plunge
in kindergarten enrollment
The USPS awarded a $120 million contract to a company
with financial ties to the postmaster general
How Does Amazon End?
Warehouse workers in Bessemer may get a union do-over, the Teamsters
have the commerce behemoth in their sights, and antitrust momentum may be
growing in Biden’s administration. What now?
Here's What's In The Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Budget
Blueprint
The Truth Behind the Great Bacon Shortage of 2022: Panic
over California’s pork reform exposes everything wrong with the meat industry.
Biden Gets His Bipartisan Victory. Now the Hard Part. The Democrats somehow convinced enough
Republican senators to support a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Now they have
to go to war to pass a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Living Nowhere: As more
people are giving up traditional addresses for life on the road, some find
themselves wondering if they escaped the grind or just found a new one.
CDC sounds alarm: 2 dead in US from disease never seen
outside tropics
Joe Manchin’s Lame Reason for Opposing More
Infrastructure Spending: Voting down the country’s best shot at climate
legislation because you’re worried about inflation is pretty twisted.
Wiretaps for Facebook? Maryland authorities are getting
permission to tap digital and social media apps.
Economic Update: Best Years of U.S. Lie in its Past
08/02/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp724UbMtrQ
Professor Richard Wolff | The HISTORICAL ROOT of
"Post-Modernism" & "Neo-Marxism" 08/02/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Qg_QBhxO4
Professor Richard Wolff | What Was HIDDEN FROM US About
Socialism 08/02/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJRguigNpRo
Richard Wolff: Capitalism is holding "all of us
hostage" 08/04/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP22iYjQswM
Wolff Responds: The Curse of Billionaires 08/05/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5E8o_DGz_Q
Responding to Economist's Idea: "Workers Aren't
Worth $15/Hour" - Richard D Wolff 08/05/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=231LPkCeZ4M
Ask Prof Wolff: Tribalism - How Capitalism Divides Us
08/06/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6SuGojFmE
SYSTEM w/Chris Hedges, Richard Wolff, Gabor Mate, Michael
Sandel, Joe Bageant & Yuval Noah Harari 08/08/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdW0xR1jW7E
Economic Update: A US Left Rises to Remake the World
08/09/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpwUMkEXTas
Self-Defeating Tariffs on China - Richard Wolff 08/10/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKn0g8EAdNI
Ask Prof Wolff: What's the Story in Cuba? 08/11/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdFGjhe19Oc
Wolff Responds: Reform and Revolution 08/11/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BwnvnhL2m0
Professor Richard Wolff | DANGERS of Capitalism 08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqhv1WlS3o
Professor Richard Wolff | The Colonial DEATHCOUNT 😡
08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDXiSlVF20
Professor Richard Wolff | Socialism Is WINNING 🎉🎈
08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdI1YCmr0kg
Professor Richard Wolff | Americans Are BRAINWASHED About
SOCIALISM 08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8w0vWg7gQg
Richard Wolff | NOT ALLOWED To Say THIS About Socialism
08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwijOf2pZw
Professor Richard Wolff | Growth is KILLING US 08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvDIXGyL7wk
Professor Richard Wolff | What Should THE STATE Do?
08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gF9WZ2krU
Professor Richard Wolff | PILLS For PROFIT 😢
08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh5fP4WkGI
Julian Casablancas Interviews Richard D. Wolff | S.O.S.
Earth is a Mess 08/12/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOq5FxSQ1TQ
Prof. Richard Wolff: For New Infrastructure, a New System
08/13/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-QMk3ZTp9k
Richard Wolff (Marxism Deep Dive, Socialism vs.
Capitalism, A Solution To Corporatism) 08/13/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEAM4vzQLT8
Chris Hedges & Richard Wolff | Infrastructure &
Pandemic Relief Are BLATANT SCAMS 081421
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCDmLdy5jY
Chris Hedges & Richard Wolff | America's OBVIOUS
DECLINE 08/14/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGQT69IuP4U
Capitalism Run Amok: What went wrong and how to fix it |
Marianne Williamson and Richard Wolff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiEmfXECD9k
08/14/21
Comment: The End of School ‘Reform’. Whatever leadership imperatives become the
new driving force behind the next education policy directives, they are doomed
to irrelevance if they ignore the needs and interests of teachers.
https://progressive.org/magazine/the-end-of-school-reform-bryant/
Smart Ass Cripple: Separate and Unequal. Schools with accessibility problems shut out
disabled people.
https://progressive.org/magazine/separate-and-unequal-ervin/
Searching for ‘Normal’: Educators are bracing for an
uncertain fall semester.
https://progressive.org/magazine/searching-for-normal-greene/
Young People Deserve Police-Free Schools: As schools
reopened their doors in the spring, young people were met with violence—by the
police.
https://progressive.org/magazine/young-people-police-free-schools-fernandez-stith/
The Problem with Private School Vouchers: Harmful
programs that redirect funds from public schools to private institutions are
spreading rapidly across the country.
https://progressive.org/magazine/private-school-vouchers-levin/
The Fight for School Equity: What we need is not to
return to “normal” but to shape progressive education policies to take
marginalized students into account.
https://progressive.org/magazine/fight-for-school-equity-brown-glenn/
Make Schools a Catalyst for Change: Educators across the
United States are embracing curriculums that incorporate social justice issues
into learning—a first step that should be applauded.
https://progressive.org/magazine/schools-catalyst-for-change-yanar/
Welcome to Refugee High: A new book gives a portrait of
students’ lives at one of Chicago’s most diverse high schools during Trump’s
anti-immigrant campaign.
https://progressive.org/magazine/welcome-to-refugee-high-fishman/
One Question: How Can Public Schools Emerge from the
Pandemic Better Than Before?
https://progressive.org/magazine/one-question-public-schools-emerge-pandemic/
The Alienation of Modern Man: An Interpretation Based on
Marx And Tönnies
https://www.marxists.org/subject/alienation/pappenheim.htm
Albert Camus's “The Human Crisis” read by Viggo
Mortensen, 70 years later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaFZJ_ymueA
The Progressive Magazine August/September 2021
https://progressive.org/topics/august-september-2021/
The Tents of Venice Beach: This summer, thanks in part to
the spread of Airbnb properties, one of Los Angeles's most expensive
neighborhoods filled up with tents housing displaced locals.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/venice-homeless-encampments/
Cash Rules: How we pay for democracy.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/julia-cage-price-of-democracy/
And So It Begins – 1000s Of Cattle Are Literally Dropping
Dead From Starvation In Northern Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSKD_CS37wQ
Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One (full documentary)
| FRONTLINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Q9AOp2FW8
Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Two (full documentary)
| FRONTLINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb786mTZVHk
How Philadelphia Became Pretzel Town, USA: Philly and
pretzels? It’s a combo as natural as, um … okay, it’s a little weird. But
here’s more than you ever wanted to know about how it came to be!
Biden’s Big Plans for International Education
Asbestos troubles at Masterman raise safety concerns
about some other Philadelphia schools as first day looms: Parents have
criticized the district’s “lack of transparency,” and many have filed
Right-to-Know requests to obtain information on building hazards.
Go Office or Go Home: Austin Companies Reject Hybrid Work
Setups: Managers in the Texas capital are less likely to favor hybrid work than
other U.S. cities, a survey found.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Living Nowhere: As more
people are giving up traditional addresses for life on the road, some find
themselves wondering if they escaped the grind or just found a new one.
The UK is now a third country – Britain’s supply chain
crisis
Why It Has Taken So Long to Develop a Vaccine for Lyme
Disease: Initially halted by public fears, a preventive treatment could be here
in two years.
Yellen, Walsh rule out extension of pandemic jobless aid
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/568617-yellen-walsh-rule-out-extension-of-pandemic-jobless-aid
The End of “the End of Welfare As We Know It”: We might
be witnessing the demise—in uneven fits and starts—of Democrats’ poisonous
“reform” thinking. All it took was a global health catastrophe.
John Deere announces $1.6 billion in third quarter
profits: enough to pay every UAW-Deere worker $160,000
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/21/deer-a21.html
Chicago Nabisco workers join strike in four US states
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/21/nabi-a21.html
Sikorsky helicopter plant in Chester County to close
THE SANKOFA COMMUNITY FARM AT BARTRAM’S GARDEN
https://www.bartramsgarden.org/farm/
Biden cancels $5.8 billion in student loan debt for the
disabled
https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/biden-cancels-student-loan-debt-for-the-disabled/
A poor measure of need: Researchers urge update to
decades-old federal poverty line
Poor People’s Campaign delivers letter to Biden,
congressional leaders demanding stronger voting rights, living wages
Xi Jinping just sent a bleak message to China’s super
rich
Why China’s crypto cowboys are fleeing to Texas: Tracking
the Bitcoin bros seeking cheap power, lax regulation, and Austin’s best
brisket.
https://restofworld.org/2021/bitcoin-miners-china-texas/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email
District Flips the Bird To Parents & PFT!! Allows
Dangerous Asbestos Conditions To Fester
A Society Designed to Incentivize Criminal Behavior at
the Highest Level 08/11/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aamOluOHWFo
Ten Years Ago: S&P Downgrade of US Debt [10th
Anniversary of Economic Update with Richard Wolff] 08/20/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0poFPTp5hc
Economic Update: Liberating Technology From Capitalism 08/23/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiR7XzD4QkM
The Gap Between Income & Cost Of Education - Richard
D Wolff 08/24/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrUAifv4JCk
Ask Prof Wolff: Class Analysis and Classism 08/25/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Kpz38RxsE
Richard Wolff: The State of the Economy and American
Decline. 08/26/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pviPZm0YQYI
LIVE: Richard Wolff DEBUNKS Economic Comeback Nonsense
08/26/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcB0BMbkBRI
Capitalism Hits Home: Cruel Optimism 08/19/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iHeMiaOv64
We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users: The idea
that abstinence works is more about our fear of drugs than it is about science.
Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
Ending Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Is a Cruel Form of
Pandemic Amnesia: Stopping Covid-19 aid programs early ignores what has worked
to keep people safe, housed, and freed from debt as a global health crisis
rages on.
This lesser-known tax credit may offer working families a
bigger write-off this year
Philly teachers’ contract down to the wire: ‘We’re not at
all close’. Pacts for the Philadelphia
Federation of Teachers and the Commonwealth Association of Administrators run
through Tuesday.
Luxury Cruise & Space Ships: An Obscene Abuse of
Resources 08/31/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8CriBnQFyk
Diseases like COVID Reveal the Weaknesses & Strengths
of an Economy 08/31/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L923Xgd7oFI
Ask Prof Wolff: Capitalism & Fascism 09/01/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqVQUZyIfeA
Nurses are on strike in Worcester for safe
staffing for our patients and our community
https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/
How Should a Millennial Marxist Novel Be? The characters in Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful
World, Where Are You” want you to know they considered alternatives to
capitalism.
Car inventories hit record low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4jKiQnzFYE
Major jobs disappointment: America added only 235,000
jobs in August
Sacramento mayor: Recalling Gov. Newsom ‘would be
terrible for California’. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg tells Lawrence O'Donnell
that Governor Gavin Newsom "does not get enough credit for what he's doing
in California" and replacing him with Trump supporter Larry Elder would
"bring government to a standstill".
The Dark Lesson of Elizabeth Holmes’s Theranos Is That
Corporate Bullying Works: The Silicon Valley superstar may finally be facing
trial, but the fact that her company got away with the crimes for as long as it
did is still disturbing.
Made in New York The longtime Garment District workers
who have spent their careers sewing Calvin Klein trousers and expediting Anna
Sui gowns.
Voices From the Frontline: China's War on Poverty
https://youtu.be/FI9EYT2pW24
Remembering Richard Trumka, Labor Champion
http://www.populist.com/27.16.Rollins.html
We Will Not Be Denied Our Freedom to Consume Ourselves
http://www.populist.com/27.16.ArtCullen.html
Like a SNAP
http://www.populist.com/27.16.Guebert.html
Biden’s 180-Degree Shift on Trade Policy: Thanks to the
Rapid Response mechanism in the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, trade is
now being used as leverage to protect workers’ rights.
http://www.populist.com/27.16.Kuttner.html
Cheap Talk from the Fed on Global Warming?
https://cepr.net/cheap-talk-from-the-fed-on-global-warming/
Mark of Sanity in Health-News
http://www.populist.com/27.16.Retsinas.html
“Nobody is Above the Law” – Except The “Big Boys”
https://nader.org/2021/08/14/nobody-is-above-the-law-except-the-big-boys/
North Carolina Untroubled By High Child Poverty
http://www.populist.com/27.16.GNichol.html
Disney World of Corruption: How Mickey Mouse BOUGHT
Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-o_SUL5D2c
Covid medical bills are about to get bigger as U.S.
insurance companies change policies.
No, Low-Wage Workers Aren’t Lazy. They’re on Strike. Talking heads who blame government handouts
for the labor shortage are missing the point. People are sick of crap jobs at
crap wages.
Lane Kenworthy: The case for social democratic
capitalism. Ep. 179 — Political Economy
with James Pethokoukis
Podcast discussing democratic socialism and capitalism
Social Capitalism, Capitalism, and Social Capital
America is not a Capitalist or a Socialist Society: We
are SOCIAL CAPITALIST
It’s Good That Elizabeth Holmes Failed: The Silicon
Valley model of disruption won’t fix health care—it only creates the
opportunity for a select few to profit off what’s broken.
Wawa customers can begin submitting claims as part of
data breach settlement: The agreement calls for the convenience store chain to
pay out up to $9 million in gift cards and cash reimbursements to impacted
consumers
https://www.phillyvoice.com/wawa-data-breach-settlement-how-to-file-claim/
The shameful treatment of American families
Biden escalates shutdown stare-down with hurricane aid,
Afghan resettlement plea: Those special requests will increase the political
pain for any lawmaker planning to oppose the funding patch Congress needs to
pass this month to keep government agencies open beyond Sept. 30.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/07/biden-shutdown-congress-hurricane-aid-510170?cid=apn
Ransomware Cyberattack Update
https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/article/14946/ransomware-cyberattack-update
Is the U.S. economy about to faceplant? America just got
rid of pandemic benefits while the pandemic is still raging
Reflections in the Flames of a Labor Day Barbecue
Why the “Bernie Bill” Will Not Increase Unemployment:
Let’s get the facts straight about the Democrats’ reconciliation package and
the effects of European-style social welfare.
Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? If you’re waiting for Democrats to talk as
frankly about wealth as they do about race, don’t hold your breath.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-rich-party-obama/
Democrats, Don’t Go Wobbly on the Estate Tax: Biden’s
plan won’t hurt family farms and will affect only the rich. So why are some
Democrats waffling?
How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through: As the deadline
neared, the White House floundered and progressives took action.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/eviction-moratorium-cori-bush/
Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Primary Abstractions of
Capital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56LLCYG9fE
Now It Gets Serious: Whom Will the Democrats Tax, and How
Much? Spending money is easy. Raising it
is what’s hard. Can the Democrats pass something that will break from 40 years
of tax-cut orthodoxy?
Ryan Grim: Damning NEW Email Puts Joe Manchin’s Daughter
At Center Of EpiPen Price-Fixing Scheme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrUdDv8eqOk
Capitalism Hits Home: Why Are 9.2 Million US Jobs Open? 090221
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4EjKY9sXaw
Economic Update: Extremes of Rich & Poor in U.S.
Capitalism 083021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erfaekBxauw
The Economics of Criminalizing Abortion Exposed (w/
Richard Wolff) 090221
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mltEMoNa8CM
Ask Prof Wolff: Socialism's Biggest Failures 090321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkdLsb7oxc
Forgiving Student Loan Debt May Have Dire Consequences
with Prof Wolff 090321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-La4s-G50Co
Economic Update: 20 Years After 9/11, The U.S. Is Still A
Stuck Nation 090621
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qou1TnvVMwk
Global Capitalism: US Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates
[September 2021] 090821
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJMGihBTUJs
Prof. Richard Wolff on the "Economics of
Comradeship" 090821
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2IuXZLI5c8
Why There Is Nothing New or Liberal about Neoliberalism
(w/ Richard Wolff) 090921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70bI1EV7xSs
Wolff Responds: US Capitalism Unprepared 091021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xRqOlhLw2A
Ask Prof Wolff: Demoting Profit from the Bottom Line
091121
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAYs7sm4Xs8
Why Dems’ $82 Billion Proposal for School Buildings Still
Isn’t Enough
The Emotional Toll of Dirty Work: Eyal Press’s new book
studies essential workers who face a unique occupational hazard: moral injury.
Sorry, Everyone, but Congress Is Bringing Back Debt
Ceiling Foolishness: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes—like economic ruin!
An Eighth Grader Was Tired of Being Late to Zoom School.
So He Made an App for That.
The Expanded Child Tax Credit Was a Godsend to Struggling
Families. Will Democrats Save It?
The phenomenally effective and wildly popular program
could be the centerpiece of the party’s midterm argument—if only it could agree
to keep it.
“Amazon, I’m Lookin’ at You”: Elizabeth Warren on Paying
for the Budget Bill. The Massachusetts
senator asks: Are we really going to tell pre-K kids that billionaires can’t
afford it?
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