Tag: Neoliberalism
Protesters in Chile Have Been ‘Murdered, Tortured, and Disappeared’
Chile’s President Piñera says foreign intervention and a conspiracy are behind the recent protests. But protesters say what’s happening is an explosion of long-contained rage against poverty, inequality, and oppression. Subscribe to our page and…
How to Save the World from Financialization
Labour Party advisor and author Grace Blakeley discusses her just released book, Stolen: How to Save the world from Financialization Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…
France’s Pension Reform Met with Massive Protests and Strikes
Prof. Jean Bricmont discusses the biggest strike since President Macron was elected in 2017. Millions are protesting the new pension reform, which will force private sector workers to work beyond retirement age in order to…
France’s Strike: Another Symptom of Neoliberalism’s Legitimation Crisis
France’s public sector strike against pension reform is in its seventh week, the most serious such strike in French history. It fits very well in the context of the global revolt against neoliberalism, says Prof….
The Year in Latin America: The Right Continues to Advance, but so do Popular Movements
2019 presented a complicated and mixed legacy for Latin America. Right-wing governments continued to make electoral in-roads, but popular uprisings against neoliberalism also left their mark on the region, says TRNN’s Greg Wilpert. Director: Taylor…
France’s Anti-Neoliberal Protesters Get Their Second Wind
The strikers protesting President Macron’s pension reform are expanding their target to the whole neoliberal system. They’re gathering their forces for a new wave of opposition, says Le Monde Diplomatique’s Renaud Lambert. Subscribe to our…
Neoliberalism, Nike, and the Need to Organize a Movement
What do resistance to Obama’s presidential library project in Southside Chicago, Nike’s $5 million donation to it, and the giant shoe company’s relationship with Kaepernick’s activism have in common? Subscribe to our page and support…
The Neoliberal ‘New’ Deal: The Rich Drink for Free While the Poor Pay More
A water billing scandal in one of the country’s poorest cities reveals an overarching truism: Neoliberalism is a conduit for rampant inequality. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
COVID-19 Lays Bare Neoliberalism’s Failure In Sudan
The failure of neoliberalism in addressing the coronavirus crisis is not limited to Sudan. It is a global failure. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
How The Coronavirus Pandemic Can Lead To Deglobalization
The rapid, extensive spread of COVID-19 is partly a crisis of globalization. The pandemic gives us an opportunity to rethink our global economic system in favor of ‘deglobalization.’ Subscribe to our page and support our…
Noam Chomsky On COVID-19 And His New Book: Internationalism Or Extinction
Noam Chomsky analyzes the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism’s failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
COVID-19 Ravages Communities Marginalized By White Supremacy
America’s legacy of white supremacy has marginalized Black communities with redlining, segregation, poverty, and lack of access. Combating the history of abuse and mistrust is key to surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to our page…
Is Germany Dealing With COVID-19 As Well As We Think?
Despite the hype around Chancellor Angela Merkel’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing kits are still scarce, medical teams are overworked, and unemployed workers receive less compensation than in other European countries. Director/Video Editor: Will…
What Impact Has Coronavirus Had On Policing?
Racial bias in policing has always existed, with tragic results for some. But has the coronavirus had an impact, or has it merely exposed just how deeply biased policing always was? Subscribe to our page…
Adolph Reed Jr. on race reductionism and liberational politics
“There is no doubt that racism is real and has negative consequences for people’s lives,” Adolph Reed Jr. and Touré F. Reed note in the abstract to their article “The Evolution of ‘Race’ and Racial…
Joy James on the rise of the Black bourgeoisie
In the 1970s and ‘80s, the image of the Black “welfare queen” was used as a racist scare tactic and a propaganda tool to justify gutting the postwar welfare state, “public good” institutions, and economic…
The Chris Hedges Report: Struggle makes us human
The neofascist movements currently rising around the globe differ from the fascist movements of the 20th century. Fascism in the last century arose to break radical workers’ movements, many organized by the Communist Party. But…
The Chris Hedges Report: Why did Democrats give this pro-Trump GOP primary candidate $425,000?
John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official, has received over $425,000 from the Democratic Party. Historian Paul Street joins ‘The Chris Hedges Report’ to discuss what is taking place on our bizarre political landscape as…
Neoliberalism’s anti-democratic stealth revolution w/Wendy Brown
Half a century of neoliberalism has transformed the politics of the globe. The supremacy of free market ideology has stripped away the commons and reduced most states to their purely military and repressive functions. In…
The Puerto Ricans illegally occupying land to resist displacement
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, community groups throughout different parts of Puerto Rico have rescued vacant lands and transformed them into spaces for social and community development. This story was supported by the journalism…
‘A new form of colonization’: Argentinian workers confront the IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have a long history of plunging Global South nations into unsustainable cycles of debt. For Argentina, this process has been ongoing for decades, and is now reaching…
Slovenian workers FIGHT BACK amid cost of living crisis, war in Ukraine | Working People
Ana Jakopič is a lawyer, organizer, and trade union leader in Slovenia. Currently, Ana is working as a field organizer and lawyer for KS 90, the Trade Union Confederation 90 of Slovenia (Konfederacija Sindikatov 90…
