By Peter Montague (originally published on The Networker, Nov. 21, 2022 Big Oil, led by ExxonMobil, is engaged in a life-or-death battle for survival. Numerous authoritative studies have concluded that any new oil or gas projects will heat the planet beyond the so-called “safe” limit established by the Paris Agreement…

By Peter Montague (pm8525@gmail.com) Why have we, so far, failed to sway the public sufficiently to overcome the power of Big Oil and reduce annual fossil fuel emissions. Here’s an explanation: In 2021, the New York Times ran an interview with the Israeli historian, Yuval Harari (author of Sapiens: A…

By Peter Montague Yes, it’s exciting to have fresh ideas in the White House and in Congress, but how much has changed, really? ** We are still a fundamentally and deeply racist nation in profound denial of our history and our current realities. Our racism is so deep that most…

By Peter Montague What is stopping us? Why can’t we give America a much-needed raise, provide all our kids a decent education, reverse climate change, make sure billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes, eliminate policies that sustain racial and gender discrimination, and finally assure simple, secure…

By Peter Montague Trumpist Republicans are on track to win back control of Congress in 2022 and perhaps the White House in 2024. Even if Trump is not the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, the next Republican nominee seems certain to be equally lacking in conscience and empathy and also…

By Peter Montague After the Civil War ended in 1865, white people conducted a public campaign of intimidation ­– torturing and murdering thousands of people in public (73% of them Black), a practice called lynching. Lynching was so common that we still have no accurate count of those public murders…

By Peter Montague In the U.S., a philosophy called “neoliberalism” began to dominate economic and political thinking when Ronald Reagan became president, in 1981. As Robert Kuttner puts it, “The basic argument of neoliberalism can fit on a bumper sticker. Markets work; governments don’t.” Neoliberalism vs. Progressivism Neoliberals and progressives…

By Peter Montague Neoliberalism is an economic and political philosophy that has dominated the U.S. since 1980 when Ronald Reagan won the presidency. In addition to being a set of policies, neoliberalism is an ideology that allows the super-rich to justify why they deserve to be super-rich. Neoliberalism says the…

By Peter Montague The riotous assault on the U.S. Capitol Building Jan. 6, 2021 came from the bottom of society (though generously supported from the top). Insurrection from the bottom will not succeed. However, an even more serious threat to democracy is unfolding at the top. …