By Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis We have an urgent responsibility. Our existing economic system is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century. When we look around we…
Commentary by Carl Hintz When I was 7 the US invaded Iraq. It was a war based on a lie. Like all wars, organized state sanctioned killing, it came at the irreparable cost of human…
By Kara Hoving For Haywood Christian Ministry (HCM), the past year has been one of fast and dramatic pendulum swings. At the end of 2024, the Waynesville-based nonprofit was fully immersed in Hurricane Helene relief…
The Struggle for Affordable Housing By Greg Childress North Carolina’s community land trusts are working to raise the profile of their housing preservation model, which its members see as a vital tool in the struggle…
We Fight for Democracy Commentary by Kumar Rao Every morning, across the nation, in red states and blue states, in urban and rural communities, we watch children walk through the doors of our neighborhood public…
US and Ecuadorian Militaries Burn Homes and Torture Workers By Andrea Lobo The US-Ecuadorian joint military operation launched March 3, ostensibly against drug cartels, has turned Ecuador into a proving ground for unleashing military violence…
Witnessing the Cruel Effects of the U.S. Oil Blockade Against Cuba. By Nathan J. Robinson The whole city is dark. No streetlights. No lights in the windows. No TV. No AC. Occasionally there’s a solar…
Commentary by Percy C. Hintzen During the 1950s and 1960s, development economists Walt W. Rostow and Sir William Arthur Lewis convinced governments of the Global South that dependence upon Euro-America is the only path to…
Commentary by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Editor’s note: minor edits were made to this article with the goal of clarifying that it is the US and the Trump administration that are equally…
Commentary by Prabhat Patnaik World oil prices have finally crossed $100 per barrel this week-end and have even touched $110. Considering the fact that they were around $69 per barrel before the beginning of imperialist…