Socialists Need an Independent Approach to Gun Violence
Gun violence may be one of the most troubling aspects of U.S. society in 2022. This is because it seems so solvable but also so hopeless. We are caught in a national gun debate, between a rabidly right-leaning center and a stubbornly apolitical left. The left is nowhere to be seen. On one side are […]
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Disinvestment Poses as Great a Threat to Libraries as Book Bans
At this month’s Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a librarian shared a list of community collaborations her institution has built over the last several years. These partnerships have enabled the library to offer services such as a food pantry, diaper bank, blood drives, and other services that aren’t normally […]
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Fascist Victory in Italy Signals Rise of “Transnational” Far Right Across Europe
Italy’s first far-right leader since Benito Mussolini, Giorgia Meloni, has declared victory. Her Brothers of Italy party is allied with Spain’s far-right Vox party, Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice party and the Sweden Democrats party, which emerged out of its neo-Nazi movement. We look at “the return of fascism in Italy” with professor Ruth […]
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Corporations’ Price-Gouging May Hurt Them in the Long Run, Says Economist
On August 10, 2022, a customer shop at a Millbrae supermarket. Li Jianguo / Xinhua via Getty Images Janine Jackson interviewed the Groundwork Collaborative’s Chris Becker about inflation coverage for the September 16, 2022, episode of “CounterSpin.” This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: In a section labeled “Core of the matter,” the Economist […]
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GOP Representatives Boebert and Greene Are Celebrating Fascism’s Win in Italy
As much of the world watched with alarm as the fascist Fratelli d’Italia party led a far-right coalition to victory In Italy, Republican lawmakers from the United States had a different reaction to Sunday’s events: Open glee. Pointing happily to the far-right’s recent electoral surge in Sweden, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) tweeted that “the […]
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‘Manufacturing could save our economy’ says John Mills
Our economy is shrinking and the pound is falling in value. The Bank of England recently declared that the UK is in recession. It raised interest rates by 2.25% to address the worst bout of inflation it has seen in 40 years. Kwasi Kwarteng (Chancellor of the Exchequer) announced a massive package of tax-cuts to […]
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Historic Tropical Storm Fiona Swept Homes Into Ocean in Eastern Canada
At least eight homes were reportedlySaturday’s storm brought a tsunami to the coast of southern Newfoundland. Fiona struck Nova Scotia last week, where it caused widespread damage and knocked out power in Puerto Rico. “very extensive damage” at an airport in Sydney and cut off power for more than 415,000 of the province’s 500,000 customers. […]
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Rachel Reeves says the Conservative economic plan ‘has been tested and has failed’
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says Liz Truss and her cabinet’s economic plan ‘has been tested and has failed’. Rachel Reeves described “trickle-down economics” as an idea that “has been tried, has been tested and has failed”, during a speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. “We are facing a national emergency,” she said. “Energy prices up, […]
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80 Percent of US Voters Want Government to Enact Paid Family and Medical Leave
A new poll shows that 80% of American voters want the federal government’s creation of a paid family and medical-leave program. surveyFriday release A progressive polling firm Navigator found that 89% of Democrats, 76% Independents and 70% of Republicans support the creation of a federal program that would allow people to take paid leave from […]
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Labour conference once again to consider proportional representation
A motion calling for the labour party to drop the first past the post system is expected to be tabled at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool later today. The move comes after electoral reform ranked in the top six items of the party’s priorities ballot. The priorities ballot determines which policy areas members would […]
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