Alternat 000 LOGO123927740The pandemic has revealed a huge systemic failure in the ability of the U.S. to effectively attend to the well-being of millions of its citizens. World-class inequality has exacerbated the situation.  You don’t need a degree from MIT to figure out the score. The rich get the gold and most of the rest of us get the shaft. Once the dust settles post-pandemic there will be a lot less competition out there. Amazon, Walmart, and a few other giants will be left with ear to ear grins and swollen bank accounts. Their wealth would make the robber barons of old swoon with envy. The capitalists love to pay lip service to competition, but their real goal is total monopoly control. Politics? The same deal. Your choice is limited to two establishment parties.

Kali Akuno is the co-founder and executive director of Cooperation Jackson, a grassroots eco-socialist organization encompassing a network of worker cooperatives and supporting institutions dedicated to building a solidarity economy in Mississippi and beyond.

Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at UMass/Amherst and currently a visiting professor at the New School in New York. The New York Times calls him “America’s most prominent Marxist economist.” He is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and the author of numerous books including The Sickness is the System and Occupy the Economy with David Barsamian.

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April 02, 2021

Frank Smyth: The NRA Unmasked on Alternative Radio – Sunday at 10am

Gun violence exacts an enormous toll on U.S. society-claiming tens of thousands of lives every year. Many more thousands are wounded and scarred physically and psychologically. From malls to schools from places of worship to concerts there is no safe space. Weapons of war are easily obtainable. We…
March 26, 2021

Noam Chomsky: Consequences of Capitalism on Alternative Radio – Sunday at 10am

The consequences of capitalism during the pandemic have revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities. It’s a highly unstable economic system, careening from crisis to crisis. For a handful it produces unparalleled levels of wealth. But for the many, if they even have a job, it’s a pay check…
March 19, 2021

Frank Smyth: The NRA Unmasked on Alternative Radio – Sunday at 10am

Gun violence exacts an enormous toll on U.S. society-claiming tens of thousands of lives every year. Many more thousands are wounded and scarred physically and psychologically. From malls to schools from places of worship to concerts there is no safe space. Weapons of war are easily obtainable. We…

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