The Billionaire Space Race: Egomania and Parasitism of Cosmic Proportions

In recent years, the “final frontier” has become an increasingly popular destination for private companies, with all manner of multi-billionaires pushing to expand their respective aerospace companies.

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California’s Megadrought and the Fight for Socialism

In California, the combination of climate change and a natural, cyclical climatic event has brought on the worst “megadrought” in over 400 years. This does not bode well for our future under capitalism.

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan and the Decline of American Capitalism

Biden announced his proposal for a $2 trillion infrastructure initiative. It’s important for socialists to draw a balance sheet of this plan and place it in its appropriate context.

Biden’s Climate Plan: Capitalist Interests Come First

The climate catastrophe represents an existential crisis for humanity. We need radical change on this issue, not for Biden to let big business set the pace.

Vaccine Nationalism: A Capitalist Disorder

Vaccine nationalism demonstrates that capitalism is unable to deal with a virus that has no respect for borders, profit margins, or national interests.

European AstraZeneca Debacle: Mismanagement, Misinformation, and Vaccine Diplomacy

The insanity of a vaccine trade war in the middle of a pandemic is positive proof of the irrational, decrepit state of the capitalist system.

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Permanent Pandemic? Mutations, Market Failures, and Zero COVID

The pandemic has revealed that capitalism is totally unequipped to deal with a global crisis of this nature. In their short-term drive to protect profits, the bosses have left scars on society that will never […]

Capitalism’s Weather Disaster in Texas

A devastating winter storm hammered Texas and wreaked havoc on the state’s energy infrastructure. The blame for the death and chaos lies squarely with the privatized nature of energy production and distribution.

Social Distancing and the Class Struggle

True social distancing is impossible for the working class, who are forced to interact with other workers and the public so the ruling class can maintain their profits.

Capitalist Censorship and Twitter’s Tyranny: How Not to Fight Trumpism

While many will doubtlessly celebrate the silencing of the “Commander in Tweet,” socialists must consider the real consequences of the bans by Silicon Valley billionaires, and the implications for the class struggle.

Chaotic Capitalism Hampers COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns

With the new vaccines being administered around the world, one would think we are approaching the end of this pandemic. However, in their haste to get the economy moving again, politicians and profiteers are ignoring […]

[Video] Facing a Climate Catastrophe: We Need a Planned Economy!

Record forest fires, droughts, and heat waves have devastated the US, but the capitalist system remains paralyzed in the face of climate catastrophe. What’s the socialist solution to climate change?