History suggests that the battle over the bailout—which is set to be delivered through a once-obscure Treasury Department mechanism called the Exchange Stabilization Fund—has only just begun....
https://democracyuprising.com/2020/04/02/meet-the-bailouts-new-slush-fund-for-corporate-america/
Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today's critics of neoliberal capitalism. The post The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is P...
https://democracyuprising.com/2019/11/29/the-seattle-protests-showed-that-another-world-is-possible/
A Q&A with author Sam Pizzigati. The post Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a Maximum Wage. first appeared on Democracy Uprising .
https://democracyuprising.com/2018/12/14/jeff-bezos-has-enough-its-time-for-a-maximum-wage/
Company founder Jeff Bezos did not become the world’s richest man by letting employees enjoy free-range lifestyles. The post The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation first appear...
https://democracyuprising.com/2018/10/25/the-amazon-effect-sweat-surveillance-exploitation/
Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not. The post Immigration Economics:...
https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/16/immigration-economics/
Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here's how. The post The “Battle in Seattle” at Ten first appeared on Democracy Uprising .
https://democracyuprising.com/2009/11/30/the-battle-in-seattle-at-ten/
Is Muhammad Yunus selling ''free market'' neoliberalism in the guise of liberal do-gooderism? The post The Godfather of Microcredit first appeared on Democracy Uprising .
https://democracyuprising.com/2009/10/01/the-godfather-of-microcredit/
Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South. The post Science Fiction From Below first appeared on Democracy Uprising .
https://democracyuprising.com/2009/05/08/science-fiction-from-below/
How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008) The post The World Is Not Flat firs...
https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/01/the-world-is-not-flat/
Does Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine hold water? The post Capitalism as Catastrophe first appeared on Democracy Uprising .
https://democracyuprising.com/2008/03/31/capitalism-as-catastrophe/