Articles written by Lawrence Wittner
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As an endangered species, will we act to save ourselves?
Have you noticed recently that things are collapsing? Sure, the rightwing, nationalist rulers of many countries never stop telling us that they have made their nations “great” again. But we would have to be dislocated from... — Updated 7/16/2020
Most Americans reject Trump's "America First" policy
As president, Donald Trump has leaned heavily upon what he has called an “America First” policy. This nationalist approach involves walking away from cooperative agreements with other nations and relying, instead, upon a... — Updated 5/2/2019
Who benefits from the 'Booming Economy?'
Although the U.S. mass media are awash with stories about America’s “booming economy” the benefits are distributed very unequally, when they are distributed at all. Buoyed by soaring corporate profits and stock prices, the... — Updated 6/14/2018
Two out of three oppose more U.S. military spending and we still spend
Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed new federal budget legislation that increased U.S. military spending by $165 billion over the next two years. Remarkably, though, a... — Updated 3/15/2018