by Chaz Valenza
Our government is not yet Fascist. To use this term is hyperbole and counter productive. Calling our current system of governance what it is — a Corporatocracy — is powerful because it is a label that precisely defines our current state of affairs. The term Corporatocracy is simple and descriptive: a form of [...]

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by Jane Anne Morris
On this Tenth Anniversary of the “Battle for Seattle,” we could celebrate, we should commemorate, but we must evaluate.
Right, then. What seemed so important at the time? It is difficult to even see back to 1999 without becoming lost among other landmark events soon to bask in their own tenth anniversaries.

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by Jane Anne Morris
When the “Hillary Clinton film” case is decided, headlines should declare, “Supreme Court affirms corporate person-hood.” Instead, most media will call it a free speech decision. “First Amendment rights” will play the Trojan horse hauling corporate freight.

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Dave McGill
As Michael Moore’s new movie, “Capitalism, A Love Story”, hits the theaters, it may be an appropriate time to see how we, as a nation, are doing under our particular brand of that system.

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by Dave McGill
Those who are old enough to have been working in the years following the Great Depression are aware of the many new regulations and controls that were swiftly put into effect at that time. Furthermore, it was obvious, in those days, that the measures were quite successful in avoiding a repeat of [...]

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