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A Visit to Heaven and Hell: Mapping Planet Earth
The following passages are excerpted from “Hunter of Stories.”
Capitalism Exacerbates the Vulnerability of “Extreme Cities” to Climate Change
Climate change is happening, and cities are at the forefront of the battle.
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The Power of Stories: Why We Need More Than Facts to Win
“You cannot take away someone's story without giving them a new one.”
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Out of Control: A Brief History of Neoliberal Deregulation in the USA
Neoliberalism makes the lower and middle classes poorer, empowers people like Trump and makes the world less safe.
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Russia Before 1917: Imperial Schemes, Doomed Royals and Young Marxists
An excerpt from “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.”
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Setting the Stage to Commit a Massacre in Gaza
Progressive Pick excerpt from historian Ilan Pappe's “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories.”
In the Era of Climate Change, Militarized Borders Reinforce an Unjust World Order
In the climate era, inequality is only compounded.
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No Comment: A Story of Immaculate Conception
Read an excerpt from “Meanwhile, Elsewhere.”
Democratic Ownership and the Pluralist Commonwealth: The Creation of an Idea Whose Time Has Come
There is an alternative to capitalism.
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Labor Movements and Universalizing Resistance
It is often forgotten that the US labor movement played a critical role in advancing the civil rights movement.