TTIP: We Give, the Corporations Take
Nothing threatens democracy as much as corporate power. Nowhere do corporations operate with greater freedom than between nations, for here…
“This is the education revolution”: The United Opt Out Movement attacks the Achilles Heel of corporate education
The quality of public education is progressively more threatened in the United States as the free market right wing corporations…
Vegan Angela Davis speaks out: “Connect Human and Animal Liberation!”
While Angela Davis is well known for her progressive perspectives on race, gender, and class, less well known are her…
Where is the protest? A reply to Graeber and Lapavitsas
Yes, we’re nice people, and yes we have been sapped of our energy. But the main reasons we’re not protesting…
You Been Lied To: 7 Things you may not know about Somali ‘Pirates’
1. Somali ‘pirates’ are actually defending Somali waters from foreign invaders In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. It’s nine…
Zwarte Piet, a Bitter Treat? Racial Issues in The Netherlands and the U.S.
In the spring of 2010 seven hundred students and faculty gathered at a town hall meeting at Northwestern University to…
Leadership and the myth of apathy
Why aren’t we rising up? Whether the ‘we’ in question is young people, the British people, or the poor, this…
Video: “Indebted citizenship” – an interview with Rosa Braidotti
“Advanced capitalism does not develop in a linear fashion, but by endless processes of overlapping coding, recoding and decoding of…
The 1% Get Richer as You Work Harder
It is not your imagination — you are working harder and earning less. Despite significant productivity gains during the past…
Egypte: de kater van Tahrir-plein – heeft het zin gehad?
“Eigenlijk zie ik niet zo goed hoe we nu verder moeten. Vertrekken naar Europa is voor veel mensen van onze…