Mass pols stand ready to fight each other for the right to bribe a multinational
At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” ...
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955
A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Fresh off of throwing tens of millions of dollars at General Electric, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: A+E, Books
Why did you decide to publish a book on “universalizing resistance” at this particular moment in history?
Because our survival is at stake. Universalizing resistance is a path toward dismantling the militarized capitalism before it wipes us all out. Climate ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized
For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades.
Since the 1970s, corporate ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Evolving the way the world moves … beyond Uber (and Lyft)
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‘Boston Free Speech’ protesters and counter demonstrators both lose the day
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Only multiparty democracy will ensure that left policies are enacted in Mass
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How corporate ed reform threatens democracy
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
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