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![Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a town hall meeting at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on June 25, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/07/2019_0709-elizabeth-warren-400x300.jpg)
New Hampshire Gets a Taste of Elizabeth Warren’s Retail Politics
Warren's “selfie line” is retail politics for the 21st century.
![Union members gather in front of a courthouse in Paris on May 6, 2019, on the first day of the trial of several former members of France Telecom's management for "moral harassment," a decade after a wave of suicides occurred at the telecoms giant between 2008 and 2009.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/07/2019_0707-france-telecom-400x300.jpg)
Suicide as Corporate Murder: France Télécom on Trial
At France Télécom, worker suicides were not an aberration of the system, but the deliberate outcome.
![Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/07/2019_0707-ayn-rand-400x300.jpg)
Ayn Rand’s Legacy of Unifying Social Cruelty
Trump is not the only Republican who mistakenly envisages himself as an Ayn Rand hero.
![Agua de Puebla installing new pipes in such a way that the water can easily be disconnected, in Margarita, Puebla.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/IMG_3087-400x300.jpg)
The Devious Ways One Water Company Is Profiting From Poor Mexicans
Agua de Puebla is diverting water to a new Heineken factory even as it cuts off water supplies to homes.
![Students raise hands in college classroom](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0625-students-raise-hands-400x300.jpg)
Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism
Corporate values have changed the nature of higher education in the U.S.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers remarks at a campaign function at George Washington University](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0625-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders’s Speech Presents a Conundrum for New Left’s Socialist Strategy
Bernie Sanders is offering adjustments to capitalism, not transformation into a worker-controlled democratic society.
![An angry boss towers over his employees while shouting](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0624-angry-boss-400x300.jpg)
Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants
"Free markets" do not guarantee workers any freedoms other than the freedom to be unemployed and to starve.
![Western industrial culture abandons elders. Now more than ever, we must instead recognize their wisdom.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/3892070960_2324b531ed_o-400x300.jpg)
In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders
Western industrial culture abandons elders. Now more than ever, we must instead recognize their wisdom.
![Women march through the streets holding a purple sign with a Swiss message](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0619-swiss-strike-400x300.jpg)
Over 500,000 Women Participate in Switzerland Women’s Strike
On June 14, hundreds of thousands of women went on strike throughout Switzerland for the second time since 1991.
![Donald Trump looks out at a crowd of his supporters during a rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0619-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine
In an age of fascist politics, we must fight the emergence of apocalyptic nationalism and racist authoritarianism.