• Dossier No. 85: The joy of reading
    Dossier No. 85: The joy of reading

    Reading and popular literacy programmes have played an important role in revolutionary processes, from the Mexican, Chinese, and Russian revolutions in the early twentieth century to today.

    Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar
    Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar

    Michael Burawoy was struck while walking inside the crosswalk near Children’s Fairyland.

    Odious Debt with Edward Jones Corredera
    Odious Debt with Edward Jones Corredera

    Money on the Left speaks with Edward Jones Corredera, author of Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2024). What are fallen tyrants owed? What makes debt illegitimate? And when is bankruptcy moral? Odious Debt shows how Latin American nations have wrestled with the morality of indebtedness and insolvency since their foundation, and outlines how Latin America’s forgotten history of contestation can shed new light on seemingly intractable contemporary dilemmas.

    USA Israel Germany: Berlin Bulletin No. 230, January 31, 2025
    USA Israel Germany: Berlin Bulletin No. 230, January 31, 2025

    2025 started off with many a bang.

    The life expectancy of Palestinians fell by 11.5 years in the first three months of the genocide: The Fifth Newsletter (2025)
    The life expectancy of Palestinians fell by 11.5 years in the first three months of the genocide: The Fifth Newsletter (2025)

    The U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza has led to a precipitous loss in the population’s life expectancy. Even as the ceasefire allows aid to enter Gaza, this profound demographic loss will take generations to revert.

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