Tag: oligarchy

Starbucks workers in Buffalo have delivered America’s oligarchs an unexpectedly solid blow.

"It is that growing trade union movement that makes me so very hopeful for the future of this country."

Ending the tax-evading ways of Russia’s rich could be a giant step toward reining in oligarchy worldwide.

They want us to become so discouraged that we stop showing up to vote.

Both of the Sanders presidential campaigns were historic breakthroughs for challenging the moral rot of oligarchy in the United States and for pushing real class analysis into mainstream discourse.

If Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar or Bloomberg win the Democratic presidential nomination, that would be a triumph for oligarchy in the midst of rising grassroots opposition.

Unless Democrats stand squarely on the side of democracy against oligarchy, the risk on election day is that too many Americans will either stand with Trump or stay home.

I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that some Democratic candidates may be “too far left”.

"If there was ever a moment when we needed a new vision to bring our people together in the fight for justice, decency and human dignity, this is that time."

Even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy if power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few very wealthy people – a corporate and financial elite.