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The fog of class war
A class consciousness among the working masses, one that takes the issue of race seriously, is critical at this moment. Still, the democrats are working to disrupt this effort to organize against the capitalist elite.
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Confiscation, reparations and reconstruction’s solution to the “Elon Musk problem”
In his famous “March to the Sea” in 1864, during the final phase of the Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman faced a problem.
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Understanding the life and work of James Baldwin: In conversation with Colm Tóibín
The Irish author talks about his new book on James Baldwin, his influences, and his enduring legacy.
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Why class matters
Baffled by the voters who shunned Bidenomics and complained about the economy, Democratic Party pundits are convinced that voters are simply ignorant of the facts.
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Peter Thiel reveals how scared Oligarchs are of the people
Billionaire Peter Thiel had a fascinating televised moment the other day when asked by Piers Morgan what he thought about the public making a hero of the man suspected of murdering health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.
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‘One of Them Days’ marks the triumphant return of the working class comedy
While most recent class satires have focused on the perspective of the wealthy, Lawrence Lamont and Syreeta Singleton’s film debut brings class-conscious comedy back to its roots.
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Sarah Glynn & John Clarke – “Climate Change is a Class Issue”
In January 2024, the World Economic Forum predicted that by 2050 climate change will cause 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in damage.
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Mass incarceration arose out of empire building across North America, Carribean and Pacific
The United States today has by far the world’s largest incarceration rate, with nearly two million people living in prisons and jails. The conditions in those facilities are often substandard, with Amnesty International criticizing the dehumanizing practice of holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement. Benjamin Weber’s book, American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of […]
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Why be a doormat?
Canadian leaders are falling over themselves to placate the incoming Trump administration. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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How the wealthy engineered white supremacy: The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
The Wilmington, North Carolina, massacre of 1898, also called a coup, was not a spontaneous eruption of white supremacist violence, but instead came from the top leadership of the Democratic Party and was backed by the rich.
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In Belgium, the PTB wants to “awaken class consciousness”
For the Marxist Belgian Workers’ Party (PTB), electoral success doesn’t come at the expense but because of building strong organisation.
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From definitions to solutions: Can local food systems sustainably deliver fair rewards for farmers and access to quality food for all?
Rich Kipling, the SFT’s Senior Research Advisor, takes an in-depth look at how we can work towards flourishing local food systems that build communities, increase food security for all, and provide a fair return to farmers and growers.
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Implications of a second Trump term for working class and oppressed peoples
Irrespective of the rhetoric that characterized the campaign, the world’s majority will continue to be compelled to struggle against imperialist exploitation and oppression.
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Why all hurricanes should be named “Jim”
Hurricanes Helene and Milton are the result of a long legacy of segregation, environmental racism, and extraction. This white supremacist capitalist system has brought us to this point in our climate crisis and puts marginalized people directly in the path of the destruction it causes.
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Why even progressive U.S. voters are America Firsters
The fate of billions whom the U.S. dominates and oppresses is effectively exchanged for a few possible reforms in domestic policies that affect parts of middle-class America.
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The deadly environmental toll of super-yachts and private jets
Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime.
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How not to measure poverty
Several international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call “poverty”.
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BAR Book Forum: George Lipsitz’s Book, “The Danger Zone is Everywhere”
George Lipsitz: The Danger Zone is Everywhere focuses on how unjust access to housing and health skews opportunities and life chances along racial lines. It argues that housing insecurity and poor health are key components of an unjust, destructive and deadly racial order. The book shows how the tort model of injury in law and the biomedical model of health work to occlude structural racism by treating socially produced injuries as personal problems.
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Disgusted voters: Berlin Bulletin No. 226, September 24, 2024
Most worried of all are the people in eastern Germany, the one-time German Democratic Republic founded so hopefully almost exactly 75 years ago, October 7, 1949, and buried—triumphantly for a large number—41 years later, on October 3, 1990.
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From Emma Goldman to Chairman Omali, the Empire’s crackdown on free speech and racial solidarity
The ruling class is once again in a frenzied state, seeking to crush political dissent and a growing class consciousness with an iron fist in another wave of repression.