Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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UC Davis Brutality; Greenway Letter; etc.
(1) Police Brutality at UC Davis Watch the video for yourself. Watch to the end--there's a happy ending!
NYC March Tomorrow; Mass. 3-Strikes Vote TODAY
(1) Day of Action Tomorrow: If you are in or near New York City, try to make it to tomorrow&
"Stop Beating Students!"; "Not Nonviolence"
In case you haven't been following what's been going on at UC Berkeley, where students have
Troika to PIIGS: Shut Up and Take Your Medicine
Troika to PIIGS: Shut Up and Take Your Medicine Economists to Shepherd Greece and Italy Mike Epitropoulos | November 11, 2011
The Weather; General Strike; Goldman Sachs
(1) The Weather and #OWS: The image above is from a German Socialist Students Union poster from 1968 (it was
Not Kidding
A review of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children’s Lives and America’s Future, by David Kirp (New York: Public Affairs, 2011).
The 99%, the 1%, and Class Struggle
Between 1979 and 2007, the income share of the top 1% of U.S. households (by income rank) more than
America Beyond Capitalism
How thousands of co-ops, worker-owned businesses, land trusts, and municipal enterprises are quietly beginning to democratize the deep substructure of the American economic system.
#OccupyOakland Raid, Bill Black, and more
I've got a backlog of stuff to post--it will be mostly links, and in no particular order. Here
Freedom Plaza and BoA Action in DC
A quick report from DC: On Thursday around lunch time I visited the other #OccupyDC encampment, at Freedom Plaza. It
Quick Update from DC; America Beyond Capitalism
(1) Quick Visit to #OccupyDC: I stopped by one of the two #OccupyDC encampments last night. The Mcpherson Square encampment
Charts, Comix, Columnists
(1) Incredible Charts from BusinessInsider: Hat-tip to Arjun Jayadev, who inaugurated the series of teach-ins we've been organizing