Watch Police State Unfolding

This Is What It Looks Like When the Response to Protests Against Police Violence Is... More Police Violence.

Driving SUVs into demonstrators. Firing paint-ball rounds at people on
their own front porch. Pushing an elderly man to the ground. These were
just a few of the incidents witnessed as a militarized nation faced off
against its own people on Saturday.

Published on Sunday, May 31, 2020

Source:  https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/31/watch-what-it-looks-when-response-protests-against-police-violence-more-police

by:Jon Queall

COVID-19 and the Failures of Capitalism

By: Richard D. Wolff
April 6, 2020
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/06/covid-19-and-the-failures-of-capitalism/
 

The desperate policies of panic-driven governments involve throwing huge amounts of money at the economies collapsed in response to the coronavirus threat. Monetary authorities create money and lend it at extremely low interest rates to the major corporations and especially big banks “to get them through the crisis.” Government treasuries borrow vast sums to get the collapsed economy back into what they imagine is “the normal, pre-virus economy.” Capitalism’s leaders are rushing into policy failures because of their ideological blinders.

Grotesque Nature of Unequal Sacrifice

Link: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/21/underscoring-grotesque-nature-unequal-sacrifice-richest-americans-have-added-434

By: Jake Johnson @ Commondreams
May 21, 2020

Underscoring 'Grotesque Nature of Unequal Sacrifice,' Richest Americans Have Added $434 Billion in Wealth Since Pandemic Hit

"While millions risk their lives and livelihoods as first responders and frontline workers, these billionaires benefit from an economy and tax system that is wired to funnel wealth to the top."