This past week, Tucker Carlson started his show by criticizing free-market principles he feels have harmed Americans, praising Elizabeth Warren for her “Plan For Economic Patriotism.” He characterized Republican politicians as superficial libertarians who support certain free-market policies because they favor multinational corporations and large banks, painting a picture of a destitute American economy where…
Neetu Chandak on January 19, 2019 The Los Angeles Unified School District lost around $100 million over five days due to the strike led by United Teachers Los Angeles, the district estimates. The district estimates student attendance is dropping substantially. The union and district are back at the negotiating table, but…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White A socialist presidential candidate in France has pledged to place confiscatory taxes on U.S. imports if the Trump administration pulls out of the Paris climate agreement. Manuel Valls, who is seeking the Socialist Party nomination, told reporters Monday that he would place a carbon tax on American…
By Blake Neff PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Bernie Sanders may have thrown his support behind Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, but socialist die-hards aren’t ready to give up the ghost. Several people attending a “socialist convergence” in downtown Philadelphia Wednesday night declared Sanders a reviled traitor to the socialist cause, which would…
By JP Carroll The Venezuelan conservative opposition is done dealing with the Socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, so they have collected 1.85 million signatures to prompt a recall election. Gathering signatures to legally justify a recall election is only the latest attempt in a months-long power struggle between the conservative opposition and the ruling Socialist…
This is the 1984 public debate between the Objectivists (Leonard Peikoff and John Ridpath) representing the capitalist view, against the Democratic Socialists (Gerald Caplan and Jill Vickers) representing the socialist view. The debate is over morality. Which system, capitalism or socialism, is more moral? Part One is the introductions, skip down to Part Two below…
After years of idiotic socialist policies, Venezuela’s economy is on the verge of complete and utter collapse. by Joey Clark Despite having some of the earth’s largest oil reserves, the country is essentially bankrupt, ransacked by incompetent government central planners. Matt O’Brien reports: “…Chávez turned the state-owned oil company from being professionally run to…
JP Carroll In a bid to change the outcome of Venezuela’s Dec. 6 legislative elections, the ruling Venezuelan Socialist Party wants to appoint sympathetic judges to the country’s Supreme Court. The conservative Democratic Unity Roundtable, known as MUD, publicly accused Socialist President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday of using “legal tricks to steal something the voters didn’t want to…
JP Carroll In Spain’s general election Sunday, the Conservative People’s Party (PP) won enough seats to lead a coalition government. However, Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) will deny conservatives the right to form a government by voting against them. Since the death of Francisco Franco and the restoration of democracy in Spain in the 70s,…
Jacob Bojesson The French National Front (FN) failed to gain control of any regions in the second election round Sunday, but managed to stir up to the political climate in France by kicking socialists out of power in seven regions. The right-wing, anti-immigration party celebrated victories in six regions during the first round last weekend….