capitalism
The United States: Prison house of Indigenous nations
July 12, 2023Czarist Russia was known as the “prison house of nations,” but the USSR found a path to national sovereignty and freedom for all its peoples.
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Children of the sweep: Novel remembers capitalism’s child sacrifices
July 10, 2023The new-ish historical fiction Infants of the Brush by A.M. Watson recalls a lost episode in the history of children’s lives under the rule of capital.
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Residents at two NYC Section 9 apartments refuse to be privatized
July 10, 2023Residents in Fulton Houses and Chelsea-Elliott Houses are fighting to save their homes.
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Banker admits corporate greed drives inflation, but says recession needed ‘to force unemployment’
July 10, 2023Societe Generale analyst admits “greedflation”—i.e. corporate greed—to blame for price hikes, but says workers should pay regardless.
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Apocalyptic TV and global warming: Don’t worry, be glum
June 30, 2023Fredric Jameson’s famous dictum that “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism” has been taken up wholeheartedly by the makers of corporate television.
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