Rethinking the Problem of Alliance
Highlights for April 15th The gaping income and wealth inequality, increasing constrictions on democratic rights, and perilous ecological unsustainability that
Read MoreHighlights for April 15th The gaping income and wealth inequality, increasing constrictions on democratic rights, and perilous ecological unsustainability that
Read MoreThe #MeToo movement represents an opportunity for the labor movement to authentically connect to the experiences of women in all
Read MoreTaking back the British Labour Party.
Read MoreWhat would it take to find common ground?
Read MoreThat politics undergirds censuses is a truism. At least since Benedict Anderson wrote Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and
Read MoreIn September 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. election, in which Hillary Clinton was expected to become the
Read MoreThe report, A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor, brings together the perspectives and voices of significant black
Read MoreRecognizing the risks to the public, regulators have begun to step in to curtail abuses and hold accountable those who violate the law in lending practices that affect all borrowers, including those with subprime credit scores. While default rates remain relatively low thus far with these subprime loans, we should guard against complacency. Despite the fact that large banks may be pulling back…
Read MoreOur obsession with the question of what sort of consciousness attaches itself most readily to the culture of consumption has paradoxically blinded us to the ways in which the ideal type of the American consumer has achieved a new level of uncontested sovereignty in the political rhetoric of our market culture.
Read MoreThe LGBT movement’s laser-focus on marriage equality propagates the myth of gay and lesbian affluence as political strategy, leaving aside any analysis of class or economic inequality or poverty—much less an analysis of capitalism. LGBT people are typically depicted as affluent consumers with high disposable incomes, yet this is hardly the norm. The majority of LGBT/Q people are poor or working class, female, and people of color, who struggle to get a job or hold onto one, to pay their rent and care for themselves and the people they love.
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