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The Nation Magazine Rethinks Capitalism

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Last month, editors at The Nation magazine published 13 mini-essays on the subject of how to make capitalism "less destructive and domineering, [and] more focused on what people really need for fulfilling lives" written by lefty thinkers in business, activism and politics. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

May Day: A Festival of Solidarity

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 5, 2011 This year, the May Day march in Los Angeles was notably smaller than in recent years, but still lively and militant The year-by-year count of May Day marchers can never be an exact science, but the history of labor is full of surprises. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Lefty Parties Celebrate Victory in Germany

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2010 Angela Merkel has reason to make the Bush-back-rub face: Her ruling coalition just suffered a major loss in a regional election with national implications. The Green Party, the Left Party and, by extension, the Social Democrats were all big winners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dare We Use the S-Word?

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 1, 2009 The current global economic crisis is not just another roller-coaster ride. Many sane and sober observers fear that the international locomotive of corporatism is going off the rails. Is this a necessary crisis of the capitalist system, determined by the self-destruction and self-renovation of a perpetual motion machine? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )