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Germany and the EU Embrace Military Keynesianism
German armored personnel carrier in Bavaria, Germany, November, 2024 -- public domain image By Matthew Read Just days before its...
Michael Laxer
3 days ago4 min read
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Trump 2.0: US Revivalism Driven by Tech Oligarchy
Trump purchases a Tesla at the White House, March 11, 2025 - public domain image By Bappa Sinha Trump 2.0 has had a tumultuous start....
Michael Laxer
4 days ago4 min read
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Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process
As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model. Participatory budget...
Michael Laxer
Mar 134 min read
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Trump’s Address to Congress Highlights the Absence of Opposition
The relentless resistance that defined Trump’s first term has faded into an unsettling quiet. A perfect storm of factors has granted him...
Michael Laxer
Mar 116 min read
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What Are the Origins of the Money We Use Today? Revisiting Heinrich Schurtz’s Groundbreaking Research
The pioneering research by one of the founders of economic anthropology is essential for understanding the social and institutional...
Michael Laxer
Mar 918 min read
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Donald Trump’s Reverse Kissinger Strategy
Putin and Trump in 2019 - Kremlin.ru , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad US President Donald Trump called Russian...
Michael Laxer
Mar 66 min read
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Why Wikis Are a Useful Tool to Protect Online Information From Being ‘Disappeared’
Wiki sites are at the forefront of a shift toward decentralized information sharing. Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons...
Michael Laxer
Mar 65 min read
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How Mesopotamia’s Urban and Industrial Revolution Started Politics as We Know It Today
Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life....
Michael Laxer
Mar 612 min read
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A Cruel Hoax: The Political Economy of Anti-immigration
Deportation Flight to unknown "country of origin" from the United States by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on January 23,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 277 min read
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Sri Lanka’s New Government Struggles to Increase Public Investment Amid IMF Constraints
The maiden budget by Sri Lanka’s new government reflects the limitations of austerity and the need to reinstill confidence in ideas of...
Michael Laxer
Feb 256 min read
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‘Only the People Can Save the People,’ Say Migrant Workers
The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant...
Michael Laxer
Feb 215 min read
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Making Erhai Lake Bloom Again: A Story of China’s Ecological Transformation
View of the Erhai Lake in September 2023 -- Nishino Asuka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Tings Chak On a clear morning in June...
Michael Laxer
Feb 185 min read
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Trump International Hotel and Tower, Gaza
Public domain image of Trump at the Super Bowl, February 9, 2025 By Vijay Prashad Donald Trump spoke to reporters for over three hours...
Michael Laxer
Feb 145 min read
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We Have Entered the Era of ‘Global Boiling’—Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated
Marine heat waves are causing record-breaking ocean temperatures that kill animals and impact ocean-based industries. Henrik Dreisler, CC...
Michael Laxer
Jan 245 min read
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Abolish Climate Disasters
We need to apply an abolitionist framework to climate change, pouring money into a safe and resilient climate and out of the oil-based...
Michael Laxer
Jan 236 min read
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United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal
Public domain image from November, 2024 By Richard D. Wolff Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their...
Michael Laxer
Jan 177 min read
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How a Community Collaborative in Arkansas Is Pioneering Solutions to Long-Standing Social Problems
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” Brandonrush, CC...
Michael Laxer
Jan 64 min read
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How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life. People...
Michael Laxer
Jan 413 min read
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The Banana Road From South America to China
Representational image. By Vijay Prashad In November, Álvaro Noboa, the father of Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa, had a heart attack....
Michael Laxer
Jan 36 min read
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US Political Economy Contradictions as We Lurch Into 2025
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office -- public domain image By...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20245 min read
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