Faced with wall-to-wall obstruction from the Burlington, Vermont city establishment, a newly elected Mayor Bernie Sanders won a series of early fights that showed the country what a creative, pro–working-class socialist government could accomplish at the…

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘democracy’? Many immediately think of the process of voting...

The foundations of modern policing are based not on justice, but on the punishing of poverty, the imposition of the status quo, the disciplining of the public, the constriction of liberty, and justified as the protection against an ugly, sinful, idle, greedy…

Tech giants offer a new dystopia in the wake of the pandemic. Socialism presents a hopeful alternative. Which post-capitalist world will emerge?

See which countries are winning, nearly there, or need action, when it comes to COVID-19.

“Politics” has become a dirty word in gaming, especially when angrily screamed—or, as is usually the case, frantically typed—by a vocal minority of reactionary video game fans. But for more progressive players, games often aren’t political enough. Or, when…

Across France, workers are insisting that they be allowed to make masks and ventilators rather than continue with business as usual. Their initiatives show that when workers, not stock prices, decide what’s being made, production can serve the needs of society…

Big tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will the virus have on this new status quo?

Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future.

<p>A deep dive into the fascinating history of Cuban propaganda art.</p>

The danger of China compromising hardware supply chains is very real, judging from classified intelligence documents, even if a Bloomberg story on the matter is highly disputed.

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Workers’ mass financial distress is not a given. It is a policy choice.

This corona crisis may yet be an incentive for policy makers to embrace technological approaches and develop a culture of experimentation.

Slasher movies in the 1980's, particularly the Friday the 13th film series, told us a lot about the values of the United States under the Ronald Reagan administration. Support Renegade Cut Media through Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/renegadecut

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Based on important new figures from the Maddison Project Database, it refutes the claim that the countries of Eastern Europe were economic failures when they were still ruled by (ostensibly) communist regimes.