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CONNECTING THE DOTS: FROM THE INDIAN FARMERS’ UPRISING TO THE EFFECT NEOLIBERALISM HAS HAD GLOBALLY

Written by SONIKA GILL Posted March 5, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

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Is their struggle a global concern?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: America, Democracy, farmer, globalization, India!, MSP, neoliberalism, Protest, union, uprising, usa

NO MOONSHOT REQUIRED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MBTA Red Line train on the Moon (with astronaut and Moon Lander)

 

Can a neoliberal columnist for a billionaire’s newspaper understand that a better MBTA is possible if we tax the rich (and make public transportation truly public)?

 

It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, Civil Rights Movement, Column, Democracy, General Electric, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, MBTA, Moon, neoliberal, neoliberalism, public transportation, Shirley Leung, socialism, socialist, Suren Moodliar, Wayfair

THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART II

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 6, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, Democratic Socialists of America, DigBoston, DSA, economy, End Corporate Welfare Act, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, independent commission, investigation, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Julia Salazar, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, Shaun Scott, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation

THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART I

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The official narrative and the real story

 

Readers might feel that this should be a time for me to take a victory lap. The GE Boston deal that I criticized from the moment it was made public in January 2016 ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, DigBoston, economy, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation, Vertex

APPARENT HORIZON: PROGRESSIVE CONFUSION

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Only multiparty democracy will ensure that left policies are enacted in Mass

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Beacon Hill, capitalism, General Electric, Jason Pramas, neoliberalism, public colleges, public housing, public transportation, social democracy, third way

GUEST OP-ED: LOUD MAJORITY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Fighting for civil rights before, during, and after Inauguration Day

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, DC, Democrats, Donald Trump, Drug War, Elizabeth Warren, grassroots, Inauguration, January 20, January 21, neoliberalism, New York, POTUS, protests, Republicans, Washington DC, Women's March

TEMPORARY RADICALS? DISAFFECTED DEMS NEED TO STAY IN THE STREETS AFTER THE GOP MENACE IS BEATEN BACK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 27, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

As long as the new Republican administration remains somewhere within the bounds of traditional American politics, there is a lot of room for the full panoply of transformative social movements to maneuver.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, DC, Democrats, Donald Trump, Drug War, Elizabeth Warren, grassroots, neoliberalism, New York, POTUS, protests, Republicans

APPARENT HORIZON: SANDERS SHRUGGED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 20, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

The Boston Globe should foster an honest discussion about socialism (and maybe even give Chomsky a call)

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2016, Bernie Sanders, Boston Globe, Chomsky, media, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, socialism

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