International trade

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

Rather than speeding offshoring and making workers redundant, technology can be a means of organizing and empowering them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change

This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change

If the Trade in Services Agreement passes, individual countries wouldn’t be able to prioritize building a clean-energy infrastructure over fossil fuels.

Nov 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Stop TPP at DNC

No Honeymoon for Hillary No Honeymoon for Hillary

If Clinton wins, she’ll inherit massive public anger unless she fights for progressive changes on trade and industrial policy.

Nov 8, 2016 / Naked Democracy / William Greider

Trump Rally

Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Whatever happens in November, the forecast is more stormy weather ahead.

Oct 13, 2016 / John Feffer

Presidents Putin and Jinping

Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again

Welcome to a multipolar world.

Oct 11, 2016 / Dilip Hiro

Trump with a bullhorn

My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger

In his clumsy way, Trump is defining a new industrial policy and exposing the stupidity of American “exceptionalism.”

Sep 30, 2016 / Editorial / William Greider

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Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust

Negotiations surrounding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have been indefinitely suspended.

Sep 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Peruvian Anti-IMF Protests

Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes? Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes?

The neoliberal reforms it has imposed on countries around the world have been disastrous.

Aug 29, 2016 / Mark Weisbrot

Bernie Sanders Rally

Should the Democratic Party Be Added to the Endangered-Species List? Should the Democratic Party Be Added to the Endangered-Species List?

The Bernie-Hillary face-off has exposed how far the party has drifted from its working-class base—and how angry that base still is at the betrayal.

Jul 12, 2016 / Naked Democracy / William Greider

Iranian oil refinery

As the Oil Industry Collapses, What Will Happen to the Countries That Depend On It? As the Oil Industry Collapses, What Will Happen to the Countries That Depend On It?

The combination of low prices and high supply is likely to create some dangerous chaos in the oil heartlands of the world.

May 26, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

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