International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been convicted over her role in a controversial €400m (£355m) payment to a businessman. French judges found Ms Lagarde guilty of negligence for failing to … Continue reading Christine Lagarde convicted: IMF head found guilty of criminal charges over massive government payout
Texas students are now required to watch a video on how to avoid provoking a cop pic.twitter.com/GO6Iq1QST7 — Vocativ (@vocativ) October 14, 2018 The beginnings of a police state… we have to … Continue reading Texas students are now required to watch a video on how to avoid provoking a cop
The massive shutdown affected many progressive sites devoted to covering war, police brutality, and other issues neglected by the corporate media We warned that getting your internet companies to start censoring what … Continue reading Facebook Accused of ‘Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent’ After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass Purge
The fund reports that Britain’s finances are weaker than Portugal’s, and says privatisation is to blame, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty With everyone, including those whose sole purpose seems to be to privatize everything (the IMF) even saying that privatizations are destroying economies.. maybe it’s time we do sketching different? Source: Britain … Continue reading Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative? An article from 2 years ago, but even more relevant today as we’ve done nothing to get away from Neoliberalism yet. … Continue reading Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
Out of every original comment sent to the Federal Communications Commission about its Net Neutrality repeal proceedings, nearly all were against killing the regulations, according to a new Stanford University study. The … Continue reading Nearly Every Real FCC Public Comment Supported Net Neutrality, Stanford Study Says
Of course corporations deny global warming because they don’t want to pay for having the cut emissions, but when ordinary people deny it, it appears that there is a conspiracy theory running … Continue reading “The Goal Is Power” – The Global Warming Conspiracy
Faced with the political and economic cost of spending cuts, even the Conservatives are being forced to retreat. There is no situation where cutting spending makes an economy grow. It does the … Continue reading Austerity: how an ideological project failed on its own terms
A simple explanation of how money actually works and what that means for society as a whole. Continue reading What is Modern Monetary Theory by Stephanie Kelton
Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information. Contrary to user expectations and Facebook … Continue reading You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads.
A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate change Article is from last year, but in light of the most recent climate change report, perhaps a solution to addressing the problem is to first figure out how to work with these companies.. … Continue reading Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
Hot off the news of a massive user-data breach, today Facebook is entering the smart display wars with Portal, a connected gadget with speakers and a screen, built-in Alexa integration, and even … Continue reading Facebook Launches a Camera for Your Home—What Could Possibly Go Wrong
