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“Electrical information devices for universal, tyrannical womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and

Precarious Work Working-Class Voices

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

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

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

U.S. Politics & Society Working-Class Culture

Beyond Generational Politics: Do Millennials Constitute a Political Category?

May 2019May 2019 Nick Serpe 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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The Business of Mass Migration: Fear, Exploitation, and the Political Economy of Immigration Restriction

May 2019May 2019 Gabrielle Clark 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

U.S. Politics & Society

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

May 2019May 2019 Joshua B. Freeman 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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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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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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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

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

Sources: Institute for Local Self-Reliance analysis, drawing on Amazon’s annual reports, U.S. Census data, and data disclosed by Amazon on its website, available at “Economic Impact — About Amazon,” Amazon , accessed May 2016.

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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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