Home » Posts tagged 'counterpunch' (Page 26)
Tag Archives: counterpunch
By Enforcing Climate Change Denial, Trump Puts Us All in Peril
By Enforcing Climate Change Denial, Trump Puts Us All in Peril North Carolina has been hit with a storm of biblical ferocity. Florence has left at least 17 dead there, 500,000 without power, with flash flooding across the state from the coast to the western mountains. Landslides and infectious diseases are predicted to follow. North […]
The Aftershocks of the Economic Collapse Are Still Being Felt
The Aftershocks of the Economic Collapse Are Still Being Felt The Real Confrontation Is Yet To Come There has been a spate of articles recently on the ten year anniversary of the financial collapse. We wrote about this anniversary two weeks ago, describing the cause of the collapse and the reasons why we are still at risk for another […]
The Power of the Anthropocene
The Power of the Anthropocene Photo Source Doc Searls | CC BY 2.0 “So we are left with a stark choice: allow climate disruption to change everything about our world, or change pretty much everything about our economy to avoid that fate. But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective […]
Hold the Front Page, the Reporters are Missing
Hold the Front Page, the Reporters are Missing Photo Source Lisa Abitbol/Nieman Foundation for Journalism | CC BY 2.0 The death of Robert Parry earlier this year felt like a farewell to the age of the reporter. Parry was “a trailblazer for independent journalism”, wrote Seymour Hersh, with whom he shared much in common. Hersh […]
Wasting the Lehman Crisis: What Was Not Saved Was the Economy
Wasting the Lehman Crisis: What Was Not Saved Was the Economy Photo Source futureatlas.com | CC BY 2.0 Today’s financial malaise for pension funds, state and local budgets and underemployment is largely a result of the 2008 bailout, not the crash. What was saved was not only the banks – or more to the point, […]
Everything is AwesomeThe Donald in Wonderland: Down the Financial Rabbit Hole With Trump
The Donald in Wonderland: Down the Financial Rabbit Hole With Trump Once upon a time, there was a little-known energy company called Enron. In its 16-year life, it went from being dubbed America’s most innovative company by Fortune Magazine to being the poster child of American corporate deceit. Using a classic recipe for book-cooking, Enron […]
The Bank Bailout of 2008 was Unnecessa
The Bank Bailout of 2008 was Unnecessary Photo Source Xavier | CC BY 2.0 This week marked 10 years since the harrowing descent into the financial crisis — when the huge investment bank Lehman Bros. went into bankruptcy, with the country’s largest insurer, AIG, about to follow. No one was sure which financial institution might […]
American Fascism
American Fascism Photo Source Alan Turkus | CC BY 2.0 From Whence ‘We’ Came Fascism is a loaded topic for Americans. The term is usually put forward as oppositional, as the flip side of representative democracy, e.g. authoritarian. Left unaddressed is whose interests’ American representative democracy represents. Twenty years of research by political scientist Thomas […]
How to Keep Going by Knowing the Apocalypse is Now: a Lesson From the Pig Farm
How to Keep Going by Knowing the Apocalypse is Now: a Lesson From the Pig Farm “Yet one thing I fight for, tooth and nail, all the time. And that is my bit of inward peace, where I am at one with myself.” – D.H. Lawrence, “What Would You Fight For?” “We’ve been hearing from […]
The Elite World Order in Jitters
The Elite World Order in Jitters According to a brand new book by Peter Phillips, the world is now controlled by a handful (actually several handfuls) of powerful/rich elites via interlocking capital exchanges spanning the globe. This ultra small coterie dictates world events and expects results. However, they are painfully aware that forces from down […]
From CO2 to Methane, Trump’s Hurricane of Destruction
From CO2 to Methane, Trump’s Hurricane of Destruction Photo Source Becker1999 | CC BY 2.0 While the Trump administration swirls around in a vortex of Tweets, lies and Russiagate, one thing is for certain, while we are all distracted and perplexed by the daily mayhem, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies are getting away with […]
The US Need Not Inevitably Descend into Violent Chaos If and When Disaster Strikes
The US Need Not Inevitably Descend into Violent Chaos If and When Disaster Strikes Liberal opponents of serious, aggressive action on climate change like California Governor Jerry Brown are the strange bedfellows of right-wing survivalists on one thing: Both are quick to warn darkly that if environmentalists have their way and impose strict cuts on […]
Hurricane Florence, 9-11 Climate Change Terrorism
Hurricane Florence, 9-11 Climate Change Terrorism Hurricane Florence. Image: NOAA. NEW 9-11 TERRORIST ATTACK!! Yes, it’s true! On 11 September 2018, terrorists based in Washington D.C., and sponsored by the dinosaur bones mining, pumping and burning industries, have relaxed rules restricting methane emissions from mines and oil and gas wells (for privatized profits at socialized […]
End the Fossil Fuel Economy
End the Fossil Fuel Economy The Global #RiseForClimate actions are just one example of many that the climate justice movement is building the power needed to transform the economy and put in place policies to confront climate change. The ingredients exist for the climate justice movement to rapidly succeed. A challenge is not knowing how much time we […]
