Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton With Michael Hudson: US Coronavirus “Bailout” Is a $6 Trillion Scam
Michael Hudson explians why the coronavirus bailouts are even more of a gimmie to the rich than they look.
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Coronavirus-Induced Food Supply Disruptions Hitting Farmers, Poor Consumers
Food scarcity is already starting to bite in the US and is likely to become a serious problem in much of the world.
Read more...Mitch McConnell to State Pension Funds: Drop Dead
Prominent Republicans are threatening to gore the public pension fund ox.
Read more...Inequality and the Coronavirus: Destroying American Society From the Top Down
Coronavirus is exposing the severity of inequality in the US, particulary limited access to health care and the health costs of poverty.
Read more...The Coronavirus New Normal Has Only Started To Arrive
Why we aren’t even at the end of the beginning of coronavirus-induced change.
Read more...Trump Tweet: Will Issue Executive Order Temporarily Suspending All Immigration into the United States
Last night Trump tweeted his intention to issue an executive order temporarily suspending all legal immigration into the United States.
Read more...Replacing Workers Has Many Costs
Companies remains short-sighted about the cost of ditching workers.
Read more...‘Incrementalism Is Not Helpful in This Moment’: Ocasio-Cortez Rejects Settling for Crumbs in Next Covid-19 Stimulus
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the U.S. cannot afford another incremental stmulus bill that shovels massive bailouts to big businesses alone.
Read more...How COVID-19 Showed America’s Dependence on Blue-Collar Workers
The outbreak of “hero” talk is a long-overdue admission that blue-collar workers are the backbone of the US economy. Time to pay them more.
Read more...#DemExit Now: How the Democratic Party Cheated Bernie Sanders Out of the Nomination
How the Dems played dirty with Sanders.
Read more...Is There Any Better Time Than Now For a General Strike?
May Day is around the corner. It seems a fitting time for workers to demand better via a general strike.
Read more...Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying that Coronavirus Is in Charge
The supposed irresistable force of the economy is losing out to the immovable object of the coronavirus.
Read more...Some Comments on the Sanders Campaign
Thoughts on the Sanders kneecapping.
Read more...Mark Blyth and Jeffrey Sommers: Austerity – A Dangerous Idea Returns
Why more austerity is one of the worst possible responses to the pandemic….yet the US is seeing even more of it.
Read more...The Coming Battle for the COVID-19 Narrative
Will the disruption of Covid-19 deal a major blow to market ideology?
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