We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex
If we’re serious about stopping impending climate disaster, we have no choice but to radically rein in one of the world’s worst polluters: the US military.
19603 Articles by: Frances Abele
Frances Abele CM is Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy Emerita at Carleton University. She is a research fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and the Broadbent Institute. Much of her work focuses on indigenous-Canada relations.
Every Kid Deserves to Go to Camp
Summer camps create magical, self-contained worlds overflowing with play and human connection. All kids deserve the ability to have such experiences. All kids deserve camp.
British Politics Still Lives in the Shadow of the Coal Mines
Coal mining regions were central to Britain’s labor movement, and the industry’s decline has left a gaping hole. This social crisis and political vacuum made Boris Johnson’s election victory possible — but the Tories haven’t conquered the coalfields yet.
Australia Is Enabling State Violence in the Philippines
Australia has a long history of meddling in the affairs of its Pacific neighbors. In the Philippines, right-wing strongman Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” amounts to state terror — which Australia’s government has enthusiastically supported through military aid and legal advice.
Kim San, Martyr of Korean Socialism
From the struggle against Japanese rule in Korea to his work with China’s revolutionaries, Kim San lived a life committed to socialism and the struggle against imperialism. He deserves to be remembered today.
Capitalists Can’t Become Nicer
Mark Carney, ex-governor of the central banks in Canada and Britain, has written a much-hyped book about the problems with modern capitalism. But this consummate insider can’t trace the roots of those problems back to their fundamental sources.
Imagine a New York City Not Dominated by Real Estate
New York’s commercial real estate sector is in crisis, as office workers are increasingly unwilling to come back into a physical office. It’s an opportunity to rethink what a city that serves its residents rather than commercial landlords could look like.
Even After the IPCC Report, Senate Dems Are Voting for Fracking
Seven Democratic senators voted with the GOP to block restrictions on fracking this week. Those seven Democrats also raked in $1.7 million in donations from oil and gas donors.
Elite Feminists Ran Cover for Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo’s downfall has discredited a host of liberal feminist activists who quietly advised the governor on his response to sexual harassment accusations.
App-Based Corporations Can’t Just Ignore Labor Law
From today, food platforms in Spain will have to recognize delivery riders as workers, not bogus self-employed contractors. But businesses are already defying the law — showing the need to break corporate control over the sector as a whole.
Julian Assange Could Be Extradited to the US
Today’s hearing increased the chance that Julian Assange could be extradited to the United States. Everyone concerned with defending democratic rights should be working to defend Julian Assange.
We Need a Nationwide Vaccine Mandate
Measures like those France and New York City recently instituted are an appropriate tool for preventing impending and devastating mass death.
Richard Pryor Wasn’t Just a Brilliant Comedian — He Was a Trenchant Social Critic
Richard Pryor revolutionized stand-up comedy with his sharp wit and deeply personal monologues. He also held up a mirror to US society, revealing its brutal realities of inequality and racism.
In Socialist Yugoslavia, Mass Housing Wasn’t Just Ugly Tower Blocks
A thousand online galleries associate prefab housing with the gray conformity of Soviet tower blocks. But in socialist Yugoslavia, architects built affordable public housing that offered comfortable homes for all.
Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People
Not all humans are equally culpable in the climate chaos outlined in Monday’s IPCC report. Identifying the rich and powerful as the principal culprits is key to stopping further destruction.
The Ashcan School Painted the American Working Class
In the years before the Great Depression, the “Ashcan” school of painters rejected the cultural norms of the art market. It opted instead for an American realism that took its inspiration from the lives of dock workers, street vendors, and immigrant families in the country’s modernizing cities.
Consultancy Capitalism Is Allowing Private Firms to Control Public Funds
The EU’s promised €750 billion in recovery spending has been a boost for consultancy firms like Deloitte and PwC, hired to plan where funds are directed. These businesses’ growing control over public spending isn’t just undemocratic — it’s a recipe for corruption.
The Australian Left Must Fight for a Strategy That Will Eliminate COVID-19
The highly infectious Delta variant is spreading through Australia. Center-left politicians have wrongly joined the Right in opposing lockdowns and border closures on spurious grounds. The Left should instead fight to eliminate COVID.
Andrew Cuomo’s Legacy: Normalizing Corruption and Lawlessness
Andrew Cuomo is leaving. But his likely escape from prosecution and impeachment is a blatant demonstration of what kinds of crimes politicians can get away with in America.