Bernie Sanders Unveils a 12 Point Economic Plan to Break the Koch Oligarchs
On the Senate floor today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled a twelve point economic plan that if enacted would break...
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Sanders Calls for Voting Holiday to ‘Fix’ Failed Democracy
Responding to the “disgraceful” voter turnout for last week’s midterm election—just 36.6 percent—Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) argued on Monday that...
Bernie Sanders: Purchase of Election by Chevron Shows We Have ‘Oligarchy, Not Democracy’
The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders was in the city of Richmond, California on Thursday and said local...
A Kentucky Objection to McConnell’s Pandering to Millionaires and Billionaires
When the political mercenaries of American oligarchy jet off to consort with their electoral paymasters, they never imagine that the...
Democracy or Oligarchy?
We are at a pivotal moment in American history. The major issue of our time is whether the United States...
Impunity and the Crimes of Finance Oligarchs
In the global discussion of human rights, impunity refers to de facto immunity from punishment enjoyed by dictators, oligarchs, and...
Can a New Populist Movement Fight Off American Oligarchy?
At the ‘New Populism Conference’ hosted by the Campaign for America’s Future on Thursday, a number of progressive thinkers and...
The Striking Rise of the American Oligarchs
A new study that will appear in the fall 2014 issue of Perspectives on Politics concludes that the United States...
Supreme Oligarchy
An oligarchy, Webster’s dictionary tells us, is “a form of government in which the ruling power belongs to a few...
America’s Mad Dash to Oligarchy
Since Ronald Reagan’s “supply-side” tax cuts for the rich – followed by other giveaways like eliminating the “death tax” so...
US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study
A study, to appear in the Fall 2014 issue of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics, finds that the U.S....
Bernie Sanders: Greedy Billionaires Twisting American Dream Into Nightmarish Oligarchy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) asked Thursday whether the U.S. was evolving into an oligarchy during a speech on the Senate...
