Tag: 2020

Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in the 2020 Election 

No matter who “won” the U.S. election, what will not change is the capitalist organization of the country’s economy. The great majority of enterprises will continue to be owned and operated by a small minority of Americans. They will continue to use their positions atop the capitalist system to expand their wealth, “economize their labor costs,” and thereby deepen the United States’ inequalities of wealth and income. More

Source: Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in the 2020 Election – CounterPunch.org

This passage from a Russian dissident reads as a haunting warning for the United States in 2020 

When President Donald Trump was asked about new reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently had opposition leader Aleksei Navalny poisoned, he predictably refused to condemn the Kremlin and cast doubt on the evidence. “We haven’t had any proof yet, but I will take a look,” Trump said, s

Source: This passage from a Russian dissident reads as a haunting warning for the United States in 2020 – Alternet.org

Election doomsday 2020: Here’s how scholars fear the Trump-Biden race could go terribly wrong 

With six months to go until November’s 2020 election, dozens of America’s top legal minds convened to consider what would have been unthinkable before Donald Trump’s presidency. They gathered to brainstorm what could be done to prevent the country from descending into a “civil war-like scenario,” as

Source: Election doomsday 2020: Here’s how scholars fear the Trump-Biden race could go terribly wrong – Alternet.org

Democratic strategist says Trump’s 2020 campaign is ‘a crumbling empire’ — and his own aides are grifting him 

Earlier this year, when it looked like Sen. Bernie Sanders stood a good chance of becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville expressed a great deal of pessimism about his party’s chances of defeating President Donald Trump in November. But that

Source: Democratic strategist says Trump’s 2020 campaign is ‘a crumbling empire’ — and his own aides are grifting him – Alternet.org

Sanders Campaign Says Trump ‘Worried About Being Exposed as a Fraud’ as Report Suggests President Wary of Running Against Socialism in 2020 

“We’ll have a national debate about policies that help the one percent versus policies that lift the 99. I get the sense Trump knows the reckoning is coming.”

Source: Sanders Campaign Says Trump ‘Worried About Being Exposed as a Fraud’ as Report Suggests President Wary of Running Against Socialism in 2020 | Common Dreams News

Climate-Focused Debate ‘Desperately Needed,’ Say Critics, After 2020 Democratic Contenders Spent Less Than 10 Minutes on Planetary Emergency 

“Our survival is worth more time than vague, irrelevant, and trivial questions posed 80 minutes into the debate.”

Source: Climate-Focused Debate ‘Desperately Needed,’ Say Critics, After 2020 Democratic Contenders Spent Less Than 10 Minutes on Planetary Emergency | Common Dreams News