In the US, two election technology companies are suing right-wing broadcaster Fox News for defamation over the network’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election, when it broadcast stories about rigged voting machines. Bart Cammaerts looks at the implications of the cases for the relationship between capitalism, the media and disinformation.
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Why the United States’ maximum pressure approach toward Nicolás Maduro is unlikely to stabilize Venezuela.
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Rising inequality and the need for a divorce between democracy and capitalist interests
Rising inequality and the need for a divorce between democracy and capitalist interests
As dividends paid to shareholders reach a new record, average wages for ordinary citizens continue to suffer. Bart Cammaerts argues that the outlandish wages paid to executives in the private as well as public sector are to the detriment of incomes of the vast majority of people who work for a living or are dependent on welfare. What this signifies is […]