End-to-End Internet
Commentary by Cory Doctorow The internet succeeded where other networks failed. Where there were once many nets – cable, phone, leased-line – now there is just The Net, which runs over many of the same…
Economy
The Dollar Store Invasion
By Stacy Mitchell, Kennedy Smith and Susan Holmberg Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It’s tempting to assume…
‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot
By Jake Johnson A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its…
Eliminating Healthcare Debt: A Liberatory Approach
By Chuck Bell A liberatory or emancipatory approach to eliminating medical debt begins with truly hearing the voices of one hundred million Americans who are struggling with bills they can’t afford to pay. As a…
Corporate Rail’s Deadly Greed
Shareholder Payouts Boosted 4,500%, Workforce Slashed 33% Prior To Ohio Disaster By Eric Gardner The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying 20 railcars of toxic chemicals in western Ohio has renewed scrutiny on precision…
The Last Free Space
Libraries, as they exist in the twenty-first century, are the only remaining public domain. By Linda Stack-Nelson I will absolutely be the first person to romanticize libraries. I come from a home with thirty-two bookcases…
Only Radical Changes Will Make Rents Affordable
The US needs to adopt European-style social housing and also make rental assistance an entitlement. Read more at Counterpunch.
Bolivia Presents Revolutionary 14-Point Socialist Program to Transform the World
Luis Arce outlined his ambitious vision for changing the global capitalist system. Read the story at Geopolitical Economy.
Public Housing for All
Public enterprises that build and operate housing will help us out of our current crisis. Read the article at Noema Magazine.
Tech-enabled Surveillance Capitalism Is Spreading Worldwide
Published in issue no. 221, September 2020 By Darren Byler and Carolina Sanchez Boe When Gulzira Aeulkhan finally fled China for Kazakhstan early last year, she still suffered debilitating headaches and nausea. She didn’t know…