It’s clear that the left and the labor and social movements are in a very precarious state today, and debates about how to fight back against Trumpian authoritarianism will be crucial. But elections and the courts won’t save us…
It’s clear that the left and the labor and social movements are in a very precarious state today, and debates about how to fight back against Trumpian authoritarianism will be crucial. But elections and the courts won’t save us…
From the very beginning, nature itself has been among the victims of the capital, alongside oppressed humanity. Driven by the logic of the market and the lust for profit, capitalism has treated nature not as a living entity bound to humanity by countless inseparable ties, but merely as a source of raw material and a dumping ground for industrial waste.
It is not just the number of immigration detentions and deportations that is alarming migrant communities across the country; it is also the gestapo tactics used by the badge-less thugs who refuse to identify themselves as they beat and kidnap their targets.
Unimpeded, a daily process continues to exterminate more and more of the 2.1 million Palestinian people who remain in Gaza – bombing and shooting civilians while blocking all but a pittance of the food and medicine needed to sustain life.
Job openings are down, and employment growth is confined to a small number of sectors. The average of about 130,000 jobs added per month in the first half of a year is the weakest since 2010, when the U.S. was beginning its long ascent from the depths of the Great Recession.