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On the Road From Anti-Capitalism to Socialism, We Need a Political Party
On the centenary of the Bolshevik revolution, a new collection of essays looks at strategies for ending capitalism.
Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign
Jonathan Rosenblum's new book is both a timely history of a bold campaign's unlikely victory and an inspiring call for a flexible, progressive and power-building vision of labor organizing.
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Welfare and Imprisonment: How “Get Tough” Politics Have Excluded People From Society
Mass incarceration and welfare cuts have the same origin: the US's deadly get-tough politics.
Fascists Seek Personal Growth and Forgiveness in Two Films
Do despicable right-wing militants coming to terms with their past deserve forgiveness? Two films leave us wondering.
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Toward a Climate Insurgency
What the hell are we supposed to do now?
The Neoliberal Economics of Family Life
Attempts to restore the family as the foundation of social welfare could destroy the gains of second-wave feminism.
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How Gentrification Is Killing US Cities and Black Lives
“How to Kill a City” exposes how gentrification monetizes the loss and destruction of Black communities.
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Challenging Antisemitism in the Trump Era
Right-wing apologists for Israel have made it harder to fight anti-Semitism by conflating it with anti-Zionism.
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Colson Whitehead Digs Into Slavery for Latest Novel
Author Colson Whitehead's new book “The Underground Railroad” takes readers on a journey through vivid Black magical realism and asks: What is the price of freedom?
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Kevin Coval Resurrects History in “A People’s History of Chicago“
“A People's History of Chicago” brings this great American city to life with all of its scars and bruises, its sparkling beauty and contradictions intact.