Facts For Working People

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Inflation: wages versus profits

Another reminder of Marx's tremendous contribution to how capitalism works. Wages and prices are not organically linked despite the massive

7 min read 2022-05-04 00:20:00

Russia tests first nuclear capable Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile Richard Mellor Afscme Local 444, retired GES/HEO 05-03-2022 Nancy

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Richard MellorAfscme Local 444, retiredGED/HEOThis is the first thing I see as I rise rather early this Tuesday morning which is my garbage

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by Michael RobertsThe Great Recession of 2008-9 was a turning point for the US global strategy. Up to then, the general aim was to ‘engage’

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Richard Mellor 4-30-22 I just woke up this morning and needed to express myself. Nothing more nothing less. A Catharsis if you like. It’s not a

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Union organizer Christian Smalls (center, in red) celebrates as he speaks following a vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island

8 min read 2022-04-27 20:17:00

by Michael RobertsApart from inflation and war, what grips current economic thought is the apparent failure of what mainstream economics likes to

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How colonialism is a major cause of domestic abuse against women around the world Canada’s residential school system has had a lasting effect on

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by Michael RobertsThe second round of the French presidential election returned the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron to a second term of office.

5 min read 2022-04-22 13:13:00

From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames madean extraordinary recovery over 60 years The River Thames is one of the

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Jack Dorsey Twitter Founder Richard Mellor Afscme Local 444, retiredGED/HEO 4-19-22 Maybe Francis Fukuyama was right, capitalism as represented

8 min read 2022-04-18 23:05:00

by Michael RobertsThe inflation debate among mainstream economists rages on. Is the accelerating and high inflation rate of commodities here to

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Cody Petterson shared this photo and the comments below to Facebook in 2019. At the time of writing he was a member of the Volcan Mountain

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He's in for a shock if he lives long enough. Richard MellorAfscme Local 444, retiredGED/HEO A great example describing liberal thinking and how it

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Richard Mellor John Mearsheimer is a respected, and some say, brilliant US bourgeois strategist and expert on international affairs and global