Truthout
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The ADHD Epidemic: Smart Drugs and the Control of Bodies and Minds
What is taken for granted in corporate media coverage is a system of test-oriented high stakes educational competition that filters into capitalist competition.
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Why Walmart Matters to 21st Century Working-Class Struggle
Sarah Jaffe covers the historical context of the struggles of Walmart workers fighting for better pay, conditions and rights at work.
“Unruly Equality”: A Brief History of Anarchism
Discussing the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary anarchism, in relation to other sectors of the Left, has proven challenging.
Today’s Economic Hard Times Are the Culmination of a Long Series of Crises
The financial industry has become so powerful, post-collapse government spending has mostly gone to bail out financiers rather than for investment.
The Climate Catastrophe Cannot Be Reversed Within the Capitalist Culture
We face a clear choice: radical political transformation or deepening mass extinction.
What Really Led to the Killing of Osama bin Laden?
What really happened on the night of Osama bin Laden's death?
The Frackopoly Comes to Power
Reagan's justification for eliminating meaningful antitrust enforcement has left a terrible legacy, including the powerful Frackopoly.
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Who Would Trayvon Have Been? Becoming a Black Man in the United States
I asked myself: How did you learn to be a Black man?
How Individualist Economics Are Causing Planetary Eco-Collapse
While capitalism has brought unprecedented development, this same motor of development is now driving towards ecological collapse, threatening to doom us all.
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The Jobless of Marienthal: Austria’s Textile Industry and the Historical Effects of Unemployment
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Delia Jean look at the history of one village in Austria that grew up around the textile industry.