Category: socialism

Is Capitalism Devouring Itself?

Commentary When lockdowns happened in 2020, and then went on and on, and small business was smashed and the bourgeois lifestyle criminalized, and churches shut and normally attacked, and the bureaucracies took over and ruled in the name of science that proved wrong time and time again, and a whole generation of students and workers…


Talk of an EU-Style Governance of the Americas Raises Red Flags With Congressman

Mexico’s president said he has been discussing with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the possibility of merging the American continent into an EU-style of governance. “Mr. Blinken talked about consolidating the North American region, and we agreed on that,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during a press conference last month. “Not only did…


Colorado Voters to Decide on Raising Taxes on Rich to Pay Universal Free School Meals

Colorado voters will decide on a proposition on Nov. 8 that promises free breakfasts and lunches for all public-school children. If disapproved, only those eligible based on family income can receive free meals. Historically, Colorado voters have shown little desire to increase taxes. In 1992, they went so far as to establish the Taxpayer’s Bill of…


The Truth About Communism: What Every Person Needs to Know

Commentary In the special series “The Dark Origins of Communism,” Joshua Philipp, an investigative journalist for The Epoch Times, offers a chilling and eye-opening history of the origins of communism and the horrifying results that followed. The informative program on EpochTV walks viewers through the ideological principles on which communism, Marxism, and socialism are founded…


EXCLUSIVE: The Story of Aiko Kawasaki, A Korean Japanese Who Escaped North Korea

A seventeen-year-old Aiko Kawasaki went aboard the ship leaving for North Korea from the harbor of Niigata, Japan. As her parents begged her in tears not to leave, she insisted on going and promised them that they would see each other a year later in “an earthly paradise”—North Korea. Kawasaki told The Epoch Times that…


The Ghost of Peronism: Why Argentina Keeps Making the Same Mistakes Again and Again: Part 2

Commentary Argentina’s charismatic leader Juan Domingo Perón died almost 50 years ago, but his policies live on. He gained lasting popularity by forever jeopardizing the privileged position of Argentina among Latin American nations. Ironically, Peronism continues to play an important role in the nation’s landscape—it is estimated that roughly 40 percent of the Argentine population…


From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education

Commentary Parts 1 and 2 of this series can be read here and here. Over the 19th century, Enlightenment rationalism gradually diminished the influence of the Christian worldview. Separation of church and state led naturally to the development of public schools and the disconnection of education from traditional religious influence. This was especially the case in…


113 Degrees Fahrenheit: China’s Extreme Heat and Drought Season; River Levels at Historic Low

With temperatures at 113 Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), China is facing scorching heat and severe drought problems. The Yangtze River, which stretches almost 4,000 miles across Southwest and Central China, is facing historic low water levels. Extreme weather is affecting farming and factory production. Volkswagen and Apple parts factories are shut down, affecting the global supply chain….


PREMIERING NOW: ‘Equity’ Is a Communist Tactic That Destroys Nations: Cultural Revolution Survivor Lily Tang Williams

This episode will premiere on August 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET.      “Under Mao’s Cultural Revolution, they can find something you wrote, something you said many years ago, and then demonize you as an ‘oppressor.’ … You lose your job. You go to camps. You go to struggle sessions. Have you seen the struggle…


‘Equity’ Is a Communist Tactic That Destroys Nations: Cultural Revolution Survivor Lily Tang Williams

“Under Mao’s Cultural Revolution, they can find something you wrote, something you said many years ago, and then demonize you as an ‘oppressor.’ … You lose your job. You go to camps. You go to struggle sessions. Have you seen the struggle sessions in America today? It’s called less whiteness training.” Lily Tang Williams is…