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PSL Statement: What’s Behind Biden’s Executive Orders?
President Biden signed a package of 17 executive orders immediately following his inauguration on Wednesday.
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Biden stimulus bill: What will it take to really ‘Rescue America?’
The severity of the pandemic in the country and the threat of emerging, highly-transmissible new strains of the virus requires…
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Breaking the Chains
140,000 jobs lost in December — all women
Originally posted on Breaking the Chains. Working-class and oppressed women are bearing the brunt of the combined COVID and economic…
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The Socialist Program
Capitalism in Crisis: Economics and the Rise of Fascism
On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the…
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Analysis
‘Stimulus bill’: Congress gives working class the middle finger
The new stimulus bill is a clear marker of how vastly out of touch Congress and the corporate elite are…
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Analysis
COVID-19: Deadliest day recorded
The United States hit a grim record of 2,875 COVID deaths reported in a single day, making Dec. 2 the…
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Analysis
Google and Justice Department headed for legal showdown over monopoly practices
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google today, claiming the company was functioning as an illegal…
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Analysis
G20 rolls out half-measure as COVID-induced global debt crisis looms
The Group of 20, a loose organization of the countries with the largest economies in the world, announced on Oct.…
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Analysis
Chaos in Washington kills hopes for major pre-election stimulus
Donald Trump abruptly called off his administration’s participation in negotiations with Congress over a highly-anticipated new pandemic relief bill that…
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Layoffs pile up as corporate giants announce mass firings
Movie theater chain Regal Cinemas announced today that they would be firing 20,000 workers as they close down all 536…
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