It’s no secret that the Black Lives Matter movement and its co-founder (and self-identified “Marxist”) Patrisse Cullors has long accused American capitalism of being fundamentally, systemically racist and “wiping out entire communities“; these assertions are core tenets of multiple official Black Lives Matter organizations.
But that hasn’t stopped Cullors from signing a...
Economics Professor Evan Osborne of Wright State University in Ohio, wants to teach a course that is critical of Marxism, and claims he is being prevented from doing so.
He has been allowed to offer the course to honor students, but he wants to offer it as an economics elective, open to...
I use my Apple TV when I work out and noticed Gone With the Wind at the top of the home menu.
A quick Google search told me what I suspected. HBO Max temporarily pulled Gone With the Wind so consumers went to Amazon and Apple.
The event was promoted by the school’s Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Are you starting to see the bigger picture?
U. Utah promotes capitalism-bashing event labeling Trump ‘awful, racist, disgusting’
The University of Utah Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion promoted an online town hall presentation on its website, which...
How would this professor react if we applied the same principle to academic salaries?
Campus Reform reports:
Prof calls to get rid of grades because they are ‘capitalism in...
Legal Insurrection readers may recall that the 2018 election results in California resulted in both a highly progressive governor and the retention of a gas tax after the repeal effort failed.
Is there any societal ill that the far left doesn’t blame on capitalism? Note that this is an economics professor.
Campus Reform reports:
Marxism-promoting prof blames capitalism for rise in US homelessness
An economics...
Isn’t it fascinating how this is the solution for so many of the left’s favorite causes?
The College Fix reports:
U. Minnesota scholar: Capitalism must be ‘systematically dismantled’ to save planet
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently came out with a report on the “seriously alarming” situation in...
Is this just another academic project designed to steer people towards socialism?
Campus Reform reports:
Researchers ask: ‘Can there be capitalism without racism?’
The University of California-Davis Humanities Institute is running a multi-year research initiative regarding “Racial Capitalism,” but has yet to actually define the term.
The program is one of four ongoing “Mellon Research...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hates capitalism and has never made an effort to hide it. Now she’s taken that hatred a step further and introduced a bill (pdf.) that would literally nationalize all the things. The government must step in and tell CEOs how to run their companies.
Pawn Stars is one of the most successful shows on television right now and the creator, Rick Harrison, was the featured guest on Life, Liberty and Levin this weekend.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the hottest commodity in the progressive movement, and arguably in the Democratic Party.
The New York Democratic Socialist stunned the Democrat elite by defeating Joe Crowley, the number 4 Democrat in the House and a likely future Speaker of the House if Democrats regained control, in...
Modern academic feminism sure seems more focused on taking down capitalism than advancing women.
Campus Reform reports:
School offers course on ‘anti-capitalist feminisms’
Middlebury College is offering a course next Spring dedicated to exploring how the tradition...
The academic left is so emboldened that they think nothing of espousing rhetoric like this.
Campus Reform reports:
Prof says individual rights fuel ‘capitalist violence’
A Marquette University professor recently argued that individual liberties, including free speech and property rights, are merely forces “that reproduce capitalist violence.”
Professor Jodi Melamed made the remarks during a...
We covered this story back in January and we’re happy to see free speech defended, thanks to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
The FIRE blog reports:
VICTORY: Student detained for passing out political flyers settles lawsuit with Illinois college
Student Ivette Salazar and Joliet Junior College agreed today to settle Salazar’s First...
This is just further proof that feminism is about advancing the left’s agenda, not women.
The Daily Caller reports:
Yale Feminists Protest Capitalism And Frat Culture With Anti-Valentine’s Day Event
A group of Yale University students have come together to host an anti-Valentine’s Day event that takes aim at “a tradition rooted in capitalism...
FIRE got involved here proving again that they are for free speech for everyone, regardless of ideology.
The Daily Caller reports:
Student Sues After Being Detained For ‘Shut Down Capitalism’ Flyers
A free speech nonprofit sued an Illinois college Thursday after being detained for handing out flyers reading “shut down capitalism.”
The Foundation for Individual...
