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Socialism and the Argument against Race Reductionism

May 2020May 2020 Adolph Reed capitalism, class, neoliberalism, politics, race, socialism

It might be said that out of the dissemination of historical studies there has been born into the world a

On-Again/Off-Again: The Relationship between Socialism and U.S. Labor

May 2020May 2020 Chris Maisano capitalism, collective bargaining, democracy, elections, Labor, Marxism, politics, radicalism, working class

Democratic socialists want to achieve, as the late British Labour Party leader Tony Benn often put it, a fundamental and

Featured U.S. Politics & Society

Resisting “Big Other”: What Will It Take to Defeat Surveillance Capitalism?

July 2019August 2019 Evan Malmgren capitalism, informal economy, Labor, neoliberalism, privatization, surveillance

“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

Immigration

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.

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

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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