capitalism

Precarious Work Working-Class Voices 

Made in L.A.: Sweated Labor in the U.S. Garment Industry

June 2019June 2019 Yeni Dewi and Kressent Pottenger 0 Comments capitalism, garment industry, immigrant workers, sweatshops, women workers, worker centers

Editor Note: The more things change, the more they stay the same. To a surprising extent, the super exploitation of

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U.S. Politics & Society Working-Class Culture 

Beyond Generational Politics: Do Millennials Constitute a Political Category?

May 2019May 2019 Nick Serpe 0 Comments baby boomers, capitalism, generational politics, generations, millennials, neoliberalism, politics

On March 1, 2018, the Pew Research Center issued two reports on generational demographics in the United States. The first

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Immigration 

The Business of Mass Migration: Fear, Exploitation, and the Political Economy of Immigration Restriction

May 2019May 2019 Gabrielle Clark 0 Comments capitalism, globalization, immigration workers, Labor, neoliberalism

On November 8, following a military buildup at the United States’ Southwest border, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued

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U.S. Politics & Society 

DSA Today: Interviews with Activists in the Democractic Socialists of America

May 2019May 2019 Joshua B. Freeman 0 Comments capitalism, elections, politics, radicalism, working class

The explosive growth of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has been one of the most extraordinary developments in recent

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Featured International Labor & Politics 

Renewing Working-Class Internationalism

January 2019February 2019 Aziz Rana capitalism, Democratic Party, empire, foreign policy, globalization, military-industrial complex, politics

Trump’s 2016 victory has generated a growing internal debate within left-leaning circles about the future direction of the Democratic Party.

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Featured Precarious Work 

Daniel in the Lion’s Den: Platform Workers Take on Tech Giants in the Workplace and the World

January 2019February 2019 Julianne Tveten capitalism, collective bargaining, corporations, industry, Labor, military-industrial complex, unorganized workers

In recent years, Silicon Valley’s platform workers have introduced a phenomenon previously alien to their industry: collective action. This process

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NLF Highlights U.S. Politics & Society 

The Big Other: A Theory of Surveillance Capitalism

January 2019January 2019 Paula Finn capitalism, collective action, democracy, digital technologies, internet, power, social inequality, surveillance, surveillance capitalism, twenty-first-century society

Highlights for Jan 22nd Original insights into the workings of an ever-evolving capitalism are rare occurrences. We are proud to

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U.S. Politics & Society 

Surveillance Capitalism and the Challenge of Collective Action

January 2019January 2019 Shoshana Zuboff capitalism, collective action, democracy, digital technologies, internet, power, social inequality, surveillance, surveillance capitalism, twenty-first-century society

Publisher’s note: This article has been published by permission of the author. Requests for article permissions and reprints should be

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Low-Wage Work NLF Highlights 

Amazon and the New Capitalism

December 2018December 2018 Paula Finn amazon, capitalism, job loss, technology

In this holiday season, if you’ve resisted online shopping through Amazon, you’re in the diminishing minority. More than half of

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NLF Highlights U.S. Politics & Society 

Blue Wave or Red Tide? Highlights for Nov 5th

November 2018November 2018 Paula Finn capitalism, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, elections, electoral politics

With perhaps the most important midterm elections in a generation happening tomorrow, we offer you: an invitation to join us

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