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C.j. Polychroniou

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May Day May Have Been Obliterated from US History, But It’s Legacy Continues

Progressive economic ideas have been on the whole an anathema to the U.S. political establishment and violence against labor militancy has always been...

01.05.2024 30

Common Dreams

C.j. Polychroniou

Nobody “Earns” a Billion Dollars. We Need a Wealth Tax.

U.S. billionaires have seen their wealth nearly double since the Trump tax cuts took effect in 2017. In the meantime, the planet is getting hotter and...

17.04.2024 5

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Big Oil Ignores Millions of Climate Deaths When Billions in Profit Are at Stake

Human activity in a profit-driven world divided by nation-states and those who have rights and those who don’t is the primary driver of climate...

07.04.2024 10

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The Left Needs a Positive Vision for How Immigration Policy Should Actually Work

Militarized borders — comprising walls, barriers, fences and repressive border policies — have become something of the norm in today’s world,...

09.03.2024 10

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How to Bust the Bankers’ Club

C. J. Polychroniou speaks with progressive economist Gerald Epstein about why alternative banking is possible and urgently needed.

29.02.2024 6

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Why Is the US Producing More Oil and Natural Gas Than Ever Under Biden?

US crude oil production reached an all-time production high in 2023 -- the hottest year on record.

20.02.2024 10

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To Democratize Finance, We Must Take the Banks Away From the Bankers

Our current banking and financial system has transformed politics in favor of the rich, debilitating democratic institutions, destroying the common...

17.02.2024 8

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A Growing Number of Economists Are Joining the Fight to Rein In the Big Banks

The fortunes of the five richest men in the world have “shot up by 114 percent since 2020,” according to a January 2024 Oxfam report on global...

12.02.2024 20

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SEC’s Approval of Bitcoin Markets May Set the Stage for Financial Disaster

Over the past several decades, there have been rapid and fundamental changes in the finance and banking sectors. The banking reforms of the New Deal,...

10.02.2024 7

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2024 Will See Wave of Minimum Wage Hikes — But the Impacts Won’t Be Felt Evenly

On January 1, 2024, the minimum wage increased from coast to coast. Indeed, 22 states and more than 40 cities and counties experienced wage increases...

01.02.2024 4

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The Left Has a Great Story to Share About Alternatives to Capitalism—But Sucks at Telling It

If we are to expect the frustrated and badly battered working-class people to turn their backs on the false promises of the far right and join instead...

22.01.2024 30

Common Dreams

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The Only Solution to “Wealth Supremacy” Is a Democratic Economy

The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish...

21.01.2024 30

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COP28 Gave Us Another Agreement Full of Loopholes for Fossil Fuels

The outcome of global climate summits has barely changed since the United Nations held the first Conference of the Parties (COP) in Berlin in 1995....

19.12.2023 10

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Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever.

During the last couple of decades, we have been witnessing a resurgence of interest in the thought and work of Karl Marx, author of major...

14.12.2023 60

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Will COP28 End Up as the Greatest Flop in Global Climate Diplomacy Thus Far?

Global climate summits have rarely produced tangible results. More than anything, they have proven to be nothing less than platforms for verbose empty...

09.12.2023 7

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Far Right Win in Dutch Elections Shows How Quickly the Right Is Rising in Europe

The dramatic victory of the far right provocateur Geert Wilders in the recent Dutch elections is yet another extremely worrisome sign that Europe is...

02.12.2023 10

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Talk of “Border Crisis” Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty.

Immigration has been a touchstone of United States political debates for decades, and several cities claim to be at a “breaking point” as they...

21.11.2023 8

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Are Political Labels a Farce? The Case of the (non-)Radical Left

Radical social change does not take place on its own, and surely not without viable solutions to the very problems confronting contemporary capitalist...

20.11.2023 20

Common Dreams

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Wannabe Führer Donald J. Trump Must Be Stopped

Preventing the former president from being reelected should be the primary goal of all progressive forces from this point on.

15.11.2023 7

Common Dreams

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Israel’s Current Government Cannot Envisage Peace

An interview with C. J. Polychroniou.

05.11.2023 6

Common Dreams

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International Pressure Is the Only Way to Halt Israel’s Devastation of Gaza

Israel’s ground invasion of northern Gaza has in effect begun, following the Israeli military’s announcement on Friday of its plan to “expand”...

28.10.2023 4

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Insecurity Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalism. But It Can Spark Resistance. 

Capitalism is a socioeconomic system that depends upon exploitation and generates inequality. In a recently published book titled, The Age of...

22.10.2023 6

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Our Recurring Flirtation With Government Shutdowns Reveals a System in Crisis

The threat of a U.S. government shutdown was averted late last Saturday night after the House passed a 45-day stopgap funding bill, which was then...

03.10.2023 3

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Endgame for Syriza? The Unbearable Lightness of the Greek Left

Perhaps those who voted for Kasselakis are unfamiliar with U.S. politics and the true color of the Democratic Party, but it is a vision that...

26.09.2023 3

Common Dreams

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A Mass Climate Mobilization Is Taking Place Sunday. Here’s Why It’s Urgent.

A UN climate report ahead of the upcoming COP28 summit says that governments are failing to cut emissions fast enough for the planet to avoid an...

14.09.2023 2

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Neocolonial Debt Traps Are Forcing Poorer Countries to Rely on Fossil Fuels

In the current age of climate emergency, many countries in debt are being forced by Global North elites and institutions to continue to rely on fossil...

07.09.2023 2

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