Governmental studies report that the rate of illegal drug use in the United States has risen to its highest in a decade following a sharp rise in the use of ecstasy, methamphetamine and marijuana. 21.8 million Americans reported using illegal… Read More ›
When one removes the rose-colored glasses of American consumerist ideology, that anti-culture which assures us that happiness is only “one purchase away,” the world we see is one plagued by stratification. We live in a world of billionaires and starving… Read More ›
A growing trend in American reactionary thought is painting progressivism as “the cancer of America,” often even misusing the term as a synonym for socialism and radicalism. Progressivism can be loosely defined as reformist “welfare state” capitalism. These days the… Read More ›
The Man & the Myth “I’d like to harness their youthful energy with a strap.”–Concerning student demonstrations in California, 1966 “The entire graduated income tax structure was created by Karl Marx. It has no justification in getting government revenue.”–During the… Read More ›
Adam Jones’ book Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity is an incredibly revealing anthology containing accounts of atrocities carried out by Western imperial capitalism and those who serve its interests abroad. Articles describing the little-known and little-understood… Read More ›
Last Tuesday, 15 June 2010, President Obama addressed the nation, his first address to the American People from the Oval Office. It was a rousing speech, I will give the President that. That having been said, the President did not… Read More ›
Drill, Baby, Drill? The impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be felt for decades to come. With the spill generating from 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil a day, it now surpasses the Exxon Valdez… Read More ›
Earlier this week, with the imperialist media caught in a flurry over the sinking of a South Korean warship allegedly by a North Korean submarine, a reactionary stab at the working class is making its way in the halls of… Read More ›
Low Union Representation Trade unions have long been one of the only ways that workers have of advocating for themselves within the confines of capitalist production. Yet, in recent years, the number of those workers who are represented in unions… Read More ›
Legalize Industrial Hemp for American Jobs and Prosperity America is confronted today with a plethora of problems, many of which can be solved by ending a sixty-year-old policy rooted in racism and corporate greed. We are speaking, of course, of… Read More ›
Roman Decadence Revisited Historians study the decadence of the ancient Roman Emperors with gusto these days, gleefully recounting ancient historical tales, some truth and some falsehood, of the enormous wealth of the Emperors, the various assassinations and poisonings of rival… Read More ›
The American Understanding of Class On the rare occasion that social class emerges in contemporary political discourse, class is seen as being a “ladder” with three main tiers: upper, middle and lower. Within these tiers, there are usually two or… Read More ›
“Isolated Incidents?” So it seems that, if one is to believe the endless parade of chattering right-wing pundits on TV, racism is “not a major ideological component” of the Tea Party. Many dozens of supporters have gone on the television… Read More ›
Increasing Capitalist Monopoly & Oligarchy The newly-passed “Health Care Reform” bill is a prime example of how the capitalist state operates to help the capitalists make money above all. This bill is a ploy, a trick to allow insurance companies… Read More ›
In recent years, more and more workers have taken notice of the rotten side effects of the capitalist system. In the pursuit of profits the bourgeois class has shown a complete lack of regard for any and every consequence of… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 