Peace Train: Linking climate change and militarism
If the Pentagon were a country, it would be the 47th largest emitter of greenhouse gasses.
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Peace Train: Class, race and capitalist punishment
Today the United States imprisons people at a far higher rate than any other country on which reliable statistics exist. Moreover, black people are currently imprisoned at about seven times...
Peace Train: The open Christmas letter
If humanity is to survive for several more centuries, war must be abolished.
Peace Train: Erik Olin Wright
My friend Erik Olin Wright died of cancer in January of this year at the very height of his intellectual influence.
Peace Train: What is neoliberal capitalism?
Capitalism was born in 15th century Europe, and by the 20th century had penetrated most of the world.
Peace Train: The nature of racism
Racism, according to Professor Kendi, is “a marriage of racist policies and racist ideas that produces and normalizes racial inequities.”
Peace Train: 13 controversial propositions of International Affairs
1. The United States is an aggressive empire and is currently the main threat to world peace.
Peace Train: Capitalist Imperialism
Imperialism is a system by which one society exercises enduring domination over other societies.
Peace Train: Balanced jobs in participatory economics
How can democratic socialism improve the lives of working people over what they experience under capitalism? Major improvements will result from eliminating unemployment, economic insecurity and wealth inequality. But democratic...
Peace Train: Poets call out shame of war
Some of the most eloquent and memorable opposition to war is expressed in poetry. World War I and the Vietnam War both produced compelling anti-war poetry, some written by soldiers...