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Globalization Is Just a Contemporary Word for Financial Colonialism
Much of our GDP is parasitic and exploitative, generated by low-wage labor in poor countries, says John Smith.
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Mass Industrial Slaughter Is a Legacy of Exploitative Global Manufacturing
The collapse of Rana Plaza not only shone a light on the extreme exploitation of Bangladeshi workers, it also revealed the hidden structure of the global capitalist economy.
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How Women of Color Have Broadened and Redefined Reproductive Rights
Women of color in the US negotiate their reproductive lives in a system that combines various interlocking forms of oppression.
Throughout History, the Powerless Have Fought With Words for Liberation
The “Verso Book of Dissent” offers a mosaic of dissenting voices through four millennia of world history in one volume.
Read These Words of Resistance and You Will Know That You Are Not Alone
Here are seven inspiring quotations from the past few years contained in Verso's “Book of Dissent.”
The US Military, Like Ancient Rome’s, Is Trying to Secure a Dying Empire
Military recruiters prey on children by trolling their social media sites and offering free video game downloads.
The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Is Not a Substitute for Education
JROTC has been overlooked by education researchers.
Populist Coalition Beats Back Chevron in California Refinery Town
The Richmond Progressive Alliance offers a model for big-picture progressive city politics.
Richmond, California, Teaches US a Lesson About Progressive Organizing
The revival of local politics is not unrelated to the dashed hopes and lowered expectations of the Obama era.
Futures Shaped by Automation and Catastrophe: Peter Frase on Capitalism’s Endgame
What could be possible in a world where we have a drastically reduced need for work?