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An Actual Neofascist Coup Is Now Underway in the United States

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C.j. Polychroniou

Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump

Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump

Researchers have published data on corporate pollution and emissions since 2004. Now the data is at risk under Trump.

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C.j. Polychroniou

We Must Create a Broad Anti-Fascist Movement to Fight Back Against Trump 2.0

We Must Create a Broad Anti-Fascist Movement to Fight Back Against Trump 2.0
02.02.2025 3

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump’s Vision for a “Golden Age of America”: Oligarchy Plus Ultranationalism

Parallels between European fascism in the 1930s and Trump’s MAGA vision were on full display this week.

22.01.2025 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

There’s Much to Say About Economics of War, But Most Economists Won’t Address It

Traditional economics virtually ignores war, even though economic triggers directly contribute to conflicts.

14.01.2025 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

Elon Musk Craves Return of Fascism Across Europe

13.01.2025 3

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Trump's Imperialism Atop Western Warmongering

09.01.2025 4

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

The Fight for Transgender Rights Is a Class Struggle Fight for Equality

Working class politics must embrace trans rights as the fight for trans rights, women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights are not separate from the fight of...

27.12.2024 8

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Reimagining Socialism: An Interview With David Kotz

"The biggest problem with regulated capitalism is that it is simply not sustainable in the long run," said the economist.

24.12.2024 4

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent.

Countries across the Global South are experiencing climate, poverty and development crises — all made worse by the unbearable costs of debt...

15.12.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

The West Celebrates Assad’s Fall, But What Comes Next May Be Even Worse

How can the fall of the admittedly brutal Assad regime create a “historic opportunity” for the Syrian people when the country is now under the...

11.12.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

French PM’s Ouster Shows Deep Cracks in Legitimacy of Europe’s Neoliberal Order

France’s National Assembly approved a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Wednesday — just three months after he was appointed...

07.12.2024 3

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C.j. Polychroniou

Defeating Trumpism With a People's Agenda

We should raise walls of resistance as much as we can. More important, though, we should demand from the democratic forces to adopt a...

27.11.2024 6

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C.j. Polychroniou

COP29 Ignores Militarism, Putting Meaningful Climate Deal Out of Reach

The 2024 UN climate change conference, COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, is now nearing its end and reports are that talks are deadlocked. The two...

21.11.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

The One-Word Explanation for Trump's Stunning Victory?

Corporate media pundits will not tell you, because it remains at the core of their belief system. But neoliberalism is not just an economic...

12.11.2024 3

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Neoliberal Fascism Is Now the Dominant Ideology in the United States of America

The formation of a united front against this far-right realignment is more important and urgent than ever before.

07.11.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

Decision 2024: Neoliberal Fascism or Neoliberal Business as Usual?

Trump’s rise the result of the ongoing erosion of the political culture in the U.S. under neoliberalism, which has essentially become the...

03.11.2024 6

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C.j. Polychroniou

BRICS Is Mounting a Challenge to the US-Led World Order — But for Whom?

The recently concluded 2024 BRICS (an acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit, hosted by...

25.10.2024 3

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C.j. Polychroniou

The Great October Revolution: A Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream?

The legacy of the Russian Revolution obliges, 107 years later, neither celebration nor mourning. Dreams are surely renewable, and a new world is...

25.10.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

When Peace Is Not an Option: Israel Has Already Surrendered to Its Worst Self

An interview with Israeli academic, left-wing activist and resister Idan Landau, who has been jailed three times in military prison for refusing to...

07.10.2024 20

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C.j. Polychroniou

Israel Has Successfully Provoked Iran to Enter War

An interview with Lebanon expert Mireille Rebeiz, who says that "I would like to believe that Lebanon will not turn into a second Gaza," but now...

02.10.2024 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

A Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility

An interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Diesen.

21.09.2024 7

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C.j. Polychroniou

Even the National Intelligence Director Admits Government Secrecy Is a Problem

Deception, lies and secrecy — including lies to cover secrecy — characterize authoritarian regimes. However, the politics of lying and official...

11.09.2024 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

A Note on the 'Lesser of Two Evils' Voting Argument in 2024

Why people, and radicals in particular, fail to grasp the reasoning behind this argument is truly mind-boggling.

10.09.2024 40

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C.j. Polychroniou

Neoliberal Policies Associated With Reaganomics Actually Started With Carter

Research has long established strong links between neoliberal policies and increasing rates of inequality. Susan George, for instance, argued quite...

02.09.2024 20

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C.j. Polychroniou

Labor Militancy Is the Only Way to Increase Union Membership

We need to rebuild the labor movement, and that means not going back to the kind of unions that existed in the postwar era. We need unions with a...

31.08.2024 5

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

The Profound Implications of the 2024 US Election

This election is indeed unlike any other in modern history because American voters are so polarized that the threat of civil breakdown is real.

24.08.2024 3

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C.j. Polychroniou

Interest Rate Cuts Now Could Help Workers. But That’s Not Who the Fed Serves.

The Federal Reserve hasn’t changed interest rates since July of last year, after 11 hikes between March 2022 and July 2023 in the hope that higher...

23.08.2024 4

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C.j. Polychroniou

Defeating the Fascists Is the First Order of Business

In the moral and political struggle to create a future with alternative possibilities, we need to build a united front. Radicalism can co-exist...

20.08.2024 3

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

A Note on Noam Chomsky and Climate Collapse

As Noam once said, “if you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.”

11.08.2024 20

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

How to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Inequality

Carbon dividends, public investment, and binding carbon-emissions reductions to commensurate reductions of toxic air pollutants from fossil fuels...

03.08.2024 3

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C.j. Polychroniou

Forget Wealth Tax. We Should Abolish Extreme Wealth Altogether

Wealth taxation may sound like a good idea, but can it really address, let alone solve, the problem of inequality?

01.08.2024 40

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C.j. Polychroniou

With Project 2025 and Agenda 47, the USA’s Coups Come Home to Roost

The authoritarian, dystopian settings that the U.S. created in so many places across the world are being reconceived by ultra-conservative forces...

28.07.2024 2

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C.j. Polychroniou