Tuesday, November 30, 2021

What’s in your water? ~~ Betsey Piette

https://www.workers.org/2021/11/60376/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

What’s in your water? Can you trust that paper wrapped around your take-out sandwich — or the plastic clamshell — not to contaminate your food? Just what makes your carpet stain-resistant? Should you finally toss out that old Teflon pan?

Roaming Charges: Fear is a (White) Man’s Best Friend ~~ JEFFREY ST. CLAIR

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/26/roaming-charges-34/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Thursday, November 18, 2021

OPEN THREAD

 We have had a request to try an open thread for people to post short essays or leftist political analysis of any subject they would like to talk about.


Lets see how this plays out.  Please don't abuse this by trolling, airing personal grievances, disputes or to voice antagonisms against other posters or the site.


May the force be with us!  :-)

Thursday, November 11, 2021

"Global Capitalism: China - US’s First Real Competitor in a Century [November 2021] ~~ Richard Wolff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q5VsEew0ZM

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Biden, Democrats retreat on social spending as Congress passes pro-corporate infrastructure bill ~~ Barry Grey

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/08/bill-n08.html

What is being hailed as a triumph for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda—the House passage Friday night of the bipartisan infrastructure bill—in fact marks a further shift to the right by the Democratic Party, which is effectively ending any serious push for increased spending on domestic social programs.

Saturday, November 6, 2021