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Josh Bivens on Coronavirus Economics, Mandy Smithberger on Military Economics
Economic impacts of epidemics of life-saving and of war-mongering, this week on CounterSpin.
WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
MIT researchers concluded that there “is not any statistical evidence of fraud that we can find,” and that “the OAS’s statistical analysis and conclusions would appear deeply flawed.”
‘We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction—Unless We Stop It’
Election Focus 2020: "All of these things have the aura of trying to protect democracy, trying to protect the integrity of the ballot box, but it's based on the lie of massive rampant voter fraud."
Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression
Election Focus 2020: When it comes to voter suppression, the fight is less between parties than between democracy and its demonstrated opponents
‘We Have to Look at the Underpinnings of Environmental Degradation’
"Environmental degradation is about... these US corporations, backed by US government, that are allowed to run roughshod over peoples’ lands in the name of, again, profit."
‘What Does Criminalizing People Get Us, and What Does It Get Them?’
“The question then shifts from, ‘How can the “law and order” approach address or eradicate sex work?’ to ‘How are resources divided up in our societies, and why are people trading sex for survival?’”
Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causi...
‘Corporate Media Are Not Observers of the Electoral Process; They Are Participants’
Election Focus 2020: "The Democratic electorate has been told, in no uncertain terms, that Bernie Sanders is not electable and that is your signal, people, that you should not vote for him, because the punditocracy has spoken."
‘This Is an Apocalyptic Future That We’re Facing’
"With the US seeking to control space, and, from space, control Earth, to have this dominance, China and Russia are not going to sit back; they're going to meet us in kind. And other nations will be up there too."
Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work
Election Focus 2020: The Democratic primary process has foregrounded far more "radical" ideas—and public receptivity to them—than corporate elites are comfortable with.