Alejandro Reuss, Dollars and Sense. November 10, 2009. If new movements do emerge, they should not become the foot soldiers of a particular political party. Rather, they should aim to improve capitalism's existing tools.
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. November 3, 2009. We've been reduced to "human assets" in a relentless economic machine. And we can't even complain: appearing cheerful is vital when all of life is monitored by an employer.
Matt Taibbi, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. October 6, 2009. If we got up off our chairs and went after the villains that Moore attacks in his latest documentary, everyone would be better off.
John Miller, Dollars and Sense. September 29, 2009. Supposedly a tool for measuring financial autonomy, the Index of Economic Freedom does little more than usher in the same policies that caused our financial crisis.
Naomi Klein, The Nation. September 25, 2009. Moore discusses his new documentary film, widely praised as a call for a revolt against capitalist madness.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. September 22, 2009. Delegates from the world's wealthiest nations gather this week for G-20, walled off from protesters by a National Guard combat battalion recently returned from Iraq.
Walter Mosley, The Nation. September 18, 2009. We need to concentrate on our own happiness if we expect to make a difference in the careening technological and slovenly evolving social world of the 21st century.
Xan Brooks, The Guardian. September 9, 2009. Moore's latest documentary drew tumultuous applause at the Venice film festival, suggesting that the veteran tub-thumper has lost none of his power to whip up a response.
Priyamvada Gopal, Comment Is Free. July 25, 2009. Starbucks' new stealth strategy is de-branding: giving stores different names and more local "community personality".
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 28, 2009. Noted biblical scholars Neil Cavuto and Pat Robertson settle an eternal theological question: WWJD about the economy?
David Hilfiker, AlterNet. May 15, 2009. Does the current economic system need only minor correctives, or has it reached its limits, requiring fundamental rethinking?
David Sirota, AlterNet. May 9, 2009. Pigs are supposed to be the smartest domestic animal. But they clearly have trouble when charged with managing capitalism.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 6, 2009. Veteran Democratic political operative James Carville concurred, saying forthrightly, "It's great for us, great for him, great for the press.”"
Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Jr., The Nation. March 6, 2009. The electroshock paddles of "stimulus" keep being applied, but the capitalist patient isn't waking up. Is it now safe to talk about socialism?
Benjamin R. Barber, The Nation. January 28, 2009. Capitalism is on its knees and now we have a chance to create higher ideals beyond career climbing and mindless consumerism.
Johann Hari, Huffington Post. January 17, 2009. The history of the banana tells us about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world -- and where they are leading us.
Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 13, 2009. The swift unraveling of the global economy has left the world anticipating a new era of social democracy.
Jeffrey Klein, Huffington Post. January 5, 2009. President Obama has made a bad mistake: Instead of cracking down on serial looters and complicit regulators, he plans to reward them.
Chris Carlsson, AKPress. December 18, 2008. Bicycling subcultures signal a sensibility that stands against oil wars, environmental devastation, urban decay and monocultural sprawl.
