Political Economy

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MLK Fought for Workers’ Rights
29 Jan 2019
Dr Martin Luther King, who was killed supporting Memphis garbage workers, often noted that most Black people are working class, said labor historian Peter Cole.
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Russiagate “Collusion” is a “Crock”
21 Jan 2019
The charge of “collusion” between Wikileaks, the Russian government and the Trump campaign to hack emails from the Democratic National Committee, is “a crock,” said Ray McGovern, a
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Poverty Criminalized in “Shackland” South Africa
21 Jan 2019
Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, 5.2 million South Africans live in urban shack settlements that are unfit for human habitation, said anthropologist Kerry Chance, auth
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Make MLK’s Teachings Part of School Curriculum
21 Jan 2019
Dr Martin Luther King’s writings and speeches “should be a part of the curriculum of public schools,” said Larry Hamm, chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress, base
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Philly DA is Focus of Mumia Rally
15 Jan 2019
Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal rallied in Philadelphia, demanding that District Attorney Larry Krasner not thwart his appeal of a police murder conviction, 38 years ago.
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Blacks and Latinos Face Global South” Conditions in US
15 Jan 2019
Black and Latino workers in the US are more favorable to unions because they “are most like workers in the Global South,” where workers are super-exploited, said Michael Yates, the
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New Cold War Crazier Than the Old One
14 Jan 2019
“The peril of this new Cold War is especially great,” said Russia expert Stephen Cohen, “because even when Trump does something sensible with Russia on behalf of our national secur
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A “Pathway to Freedom” for Mumia
08 Jan 2019
A recent court ruling that “there was, in fact, judicial bias” in denying Mumia Abu Jamal’s appeal of his conviction in the 1982 death of a cop shows that “this is a different moment in American hi
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Black Is Back Chairman: US System in Trouble
08 Jan 2019
“The entire system is held in high disregard,” said Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela,” and that’s why you see the disappearance of the so-called ‘center’” in the tw
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US China Sanctions Endanger Global Economy
07 Jan 2019
“The ultimate suicide bomber is in Washington, DC,” said Dr Gerald Horne, warning that US moves to weaken China could plunge the capitalist world into depression.