Forging a New Frontline in the War Against Neoliberalism

Paul Mason argues that only a new left internationalism that accepts a limited reassertion of national economic sovereignty can defeat the rising tide of authoritarian populism.

Paul Mason
بواسطة Paul Mason
NeoLiberalism

If there is a founding document of social democracy it is Eduard Bernstein’s ‘Evolutionary Socialism’. Written in 1899, it taught the leaders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) that capitalism had permanently stabilised; that socialism would be achieved through parliament – not the industrial class struggle – and that the working class

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The Hope and Change That Wasn’t in Post-Apartheid South Africa

The ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa promises change for South Africa, but with a history of favoring neoliberal policy and entrenched with the old guard and its ties to the former apartheid regime, many South Africans are holding out hope.

Jon Jeter
بواسطة Jon Jeter
People walk past a mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Katlehong, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 11, 2015. (AP/Themba Hadebe)

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- If ever there was a pivotal moment for South Africa’s young democracy, it was likely two years after voters of all races went to the polls for the first time, when President Nelson Mandela’s ruling party, the African National Congress, decided to proceed with construction of a mammoth, $8 billion dam project in

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When Alternative Media Sells Out

The world does not need another MSNBC. The world needs big, powerful voices screaming at the establishment which is inflicting unforgivable evils upon our species, voices which carry, voices with reach, voices which can actually make a difference.

Caitlin Johnstone
بواسطة Caitlin Johnstone
Cenk Uygur, left, Ana Kasparian, and Steve Oh pose with the 2016 Vision award for "The Young Turks" at the 31st Annual Imagen Awards ceremony, Sept. 9, 2016, in Beverly Hills, CA. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Last August I made a note of the fact that The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur had retweeted a fan who said that he gets his news from Uygur and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, because “they report the REAL NEWS.” I said at the time that this was Cenk’s way of officially formalizing TYT’s position as MSNBC’s ugly little sister. Once a relatively reliable outlet

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Brazil Auctions Off Indigenous Lands, Public Utilities To Foreign Interests

Thursday’s auction was a juicy meal for the 32 corporate bidders, which included such major Western energy giants as Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP. Unprecedented in size and in the opposition it provoked, the auction fit neatly into Temer’s neoliberal agenda for Brazil.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Brazilian residents and Amazon indigenous leaders protest Brazil's president Michel Temer, outside New York's Palace Hotel while he dines with US president Donald Trump on September 18, 2017 in New York. Temer is mired in corruption scandals, and is under fire for measures that environmentalists say are an attack on the Amazon rainforest. (Bennett Raglin/AP for AVAAZ)

Indigenous and environmental activists scuffled with security guards after attempting to enter and interrupt an auction organized by the unelected President of Brazil, Michel Temer, last Thursday. Activists were particularly incensed that the auction was set to sell ancestral indigenous lands in the state of Minas Gerais to mining interests, as

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Centrism.biz: Scathing New Parody Site Rips Mask Off ‘Zombie Neoliberalism’

“We don’t need visionary leaders with big, cumbersome ideas. We need competent managers with small ideas. Ideas that we can fit in our wallet. Like money.” 

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
Graphic by Jared Rodriguez/Truthout under a Creative Commons License

There is no shortage of overtly ideological internet publications and websites in 2017—Breitbart for the alt-right, National Review for the so-called "respectable" conservatives, Jacobin for the socialist left. But what about an online home for the dedicated centrists: for those who prefer small ideas to large ones; for those who oppose both

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EU Uber Alles? Neoliberal Echoes Of A Darker, Mid-Century Plan For Continental Unity

The unflinching support for the EU and its institutions is not about preventing European countries from becoming “Afghanistan.” Not about preventing collapse. Not about the inconvenience of long lines at passport control. It is about promoting an ideology, a specific worldview, a vision for the way the world should work.

Dr. Michael Nevradakis
بواسطة Dr. Michael Nevradakis
A pro-remain supporter of Britain staying in the EU, wears an EU flag mask whilst taking part in a protest to coincide with politicians returning to work after the summer recess, outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP/Matt Dunham)

ATHENS, Greece & LIMASSOL, Cyprus – (Analysis) It was way back in the ancient 1990s, when protesting crippling economic austerity measures, the economic imperialism of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, and free trade deals such as NAFTA and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS),

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