Margaret Flowers

Margaret Flowers is a pediatrician, advocate for single payer health care and justice. She co-directs Popular Resistance and co-hosts Clearing the FOG.

What Would a Yellow Vest Movement Look Like in the United States?

There are many triggers that are likely to spark aggressive mass protests in 2019. Get ready.

France | Yellow Vest Protest

A truth about movements is, they move. They morph, evolve and move around a country or even around the globe. This occurs over months and often over years. The US Occupy encampment era occurred ten months after the Arab Spring and six months after the Spanish Indignado movement – early versions of occupy. It started in New York and then spread

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Tenth Anniversary Of Financial Collapse, Preparing For The Next Crash

We can look to Iceland for an example of how to handle the next crisis. In 2008, they jailed the bankers, let the banks fail without taking on their debt and put controls in place to protect the economy.

Protestors march down Wall Street to call attention to big bank bailouts and cuts in jobs and education in New York, May 12, 2011. Kathy Willens | AP

Ten years ago, there was panic in Washington, DC, New York City and financial centers around the world as the United States was in the midst of an economic collapse. The crash became the focus of the presidential campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain and was followed by protests that created a popular movement, which continues to this

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Sanctions Are Backfiring and the US Is Being Left Behind

US sanctions are causing countries to cut the United States out of their markets, conduct trade without US dollars, create alliances between sanctioned countries and build their independence from US dollar hegemony.

No Sanctions No War, Code Pink

The United States has a long history of dominating international economic institutions and has been able to use that power in the past to control other governments and enrich its industries. At present, the United States is waging an economic World War targeting much of the world economy, including allies who refuse to comply with US

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This Week Could See Even More Palestinian Slaughter and Conflict With Iran

This week will see a dangerous confluence of events surrounding both Palestine and Iran that that threatens to culminate in disaster.

Israeli Violence

There will be a confluence of trigger events this week that could lead to an escalation of conflict. At the same time that the US has reneged on the nuclear agreement and Israeli missiles are attacking Iranians in Syria, the US embassy will be moved to Jerusalem and Palestinians will protest the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, capping six weeks of

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Karl Marx: The Political Activist We Need More Than Ever

The lessons of Karl Marx show that our tasks are to heighten class conflict by exposing the reality of abhorrent inequality and create new systems to replace failing capitalism.

A bronze statue showing German philosopher Karl Marx is unveiled on occasion of the 200th birthday of Marx in Trier, Germany, Saturday, May 5, 2018. The statue was created by Chinese artist Wu Weishan and is a present of China. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

In 1848, Marx wrote, “philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.” On this 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx we focus on Marx as a political activist, rather than what he is best known for, an economist and philosopher who wrote some of the most important analyses explaining

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The Next Stage of the Net Neutrality Fight has Begun

Polls show widespread support for net neutrality making The FCC’s net neutrality rules run counter to the national consensus. If members of Congress want support from Internet users, they need to reverse the FCC’s rule.

Sammi LeMaster helps to dismantle a large alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality Wake Up Call" from the stage after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, Dec. 14, 2017, where the FCC met to vote on net neutrality. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

On Thursday, the FCC’s net neutrality rule was published in the Federal Register. This was the official start of the next phase of the campaign to protect the open Internet as a common carrier with equal access for all and without prejudice based on content (net neutrality). There are multiple fronts of struggle to make net neutrality a reality:

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Regime Change in Venezuela Failed, Is a Military Coup or Invasion Coming?

A military attack on Venezuela from its Colombian and Brazilian borders is not far fetched.

An anti-government protester holds a shield brandished with photos of President Nicolas Maduro, government officials and a gun sight, during clashes with security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, July 22, 2017. Fernando Llano | AP

Opinion -- Several signals point to a possible military strike on Venezuela, with high-ranking officials and influential politicians making clear that it is a distinct possibility. Speaking at his alma mater, the University of Texas, on February 1, Secretary of State Tillerson suggested a potential military coup in in the country. Tillerson

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