Wilson Riles: The U.S. must drop its false sense of superiority and exceptionalism born of racism and imperialism.
E.F. Schumacher: The Perils of Productivity
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Walter Moss: Schumacher called for a wisdom-centered economics that would emphasize well-being rather than consumption, and meaningful and rewarding employment rather than productivity.
Capitalism Is the Enemy of Democracy
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David Kristjanson-Gural: Excluding people from having a say over what happens to the wealth we create is the first and the most fundamental way that any capitalist system undermines democracy. We are fundamentally disenfranchised in the places we work.
The Urgency of a Senate Rule Change
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Joyce Appleby: More than 300 historians, political scientists, and law profs from colleges and universities throughout the country have signed a petition calling upon their Senators “to restore majority rule to the United States Senate by revising the rules that now require the concurrence of 60 members before legislation can be brought to the floor.”
Sarah “Six-Pack” — This Presidential Campaign’s Culture War
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When Sarah Palin signaled to the “Bubba” vote that she was part of the “Joe six-pack” crowd – meaning she was just an average American seeking to represent the nation on the highest ticket in the land – during her debate with Joe Biden last week, it became obvious that this presidential campaign would no [...]
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Digital Grab: Corporate Power Has Seized the Internet
Norman Solomon: The huge imbalance of digital power now afflicting the Internet is a crucial subset of what afflicts the entirety of economic relations and political power in the United States. We have a profound, far-reaching fight on our hands, at a crossroads leading toward democracy or corporate monopoly. The future of humanity is at stake..