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Richard Eskow

Richard Eskow

Richard (RJ) Eskow is a freelance writer. Much of his work can be found on eskow.substack.com. His weekly program, The Zero Hour, can be found on cable television, radio, Spotify, and podcast media. He is a senior advisor with Social Security Works. 

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Articles by this author

 
Richard Branson drinking champaign after space launch

The Emperor's New Rocket: Last Words on Branson's Big Ride

I'm fine with launching his wealthy clientele into space. It's bringing them back I’m not crazy about.

Richard Eskow ·

Mailbox standing as the fires burn

Dead Heat: It Is Too Late to Leave

The house is burning, burning, burning ... as we all walk past.

Richard Eskow ·

Death toll of the uninsued

Before You’re Done Reading This, Someone Will Die of Political Neglect

This is arithmetic, but it's arithmetic that hurts.

Richard Eskow ·

On the eve of the 2020 Presidential election, the last of the day's light falls on flags planted to remember some of the over 220,000 thousand Americans who died of COVID-19 on November 02, 2020 at the Armory in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

One Million Dead

Our memories should not be limited to martyrs of war.

Richard Eskow ·

Fire billows from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10, 2021. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

As Gaza Burns, Where is Washington's "Respect for Norms" Now?

Lamentations for the dead and dying in Gaza from the Biden administration are nothing more than crocodile tears.

Richard Eskow ·

A coalition of healthcare advocacy organizations rallied outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

On Vaccine Patents, A Light Out of the Darkness

Demonstrators weren't just protesting vaccine patents. They were defying a neoliberal order that uses the luminous products of human intelligence for private exploitation.

Richard Eskow ·

This cold war isn't something that could develop sometime in the future. It's already here. (Photo: CodePink)

The Apocalypse Must Be Near. I Agree With Henry Kissinger—About Cold War With China

The US is waging an economic, propaganda, and military cold war against China, heightening tensions and increasing the risk of future confrontations. And it's getting worse.

Richard Eskow ·

U.S. President Joe Biden elbow bumps Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he greets her and Vice President Kamala Harris after concluding his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi and These Centrists Want Biden to Go Left on Drug Costs and Medicare

Are more Democrats finally recognizing that fighting for drug price reductions and Medicare expansion is something they must do to win elections?

Richard Eskow ·

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