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Radu Stochita – In Romania, Slot Machines Profit From Ex-Miners’ Misery

May 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘During Romania’s transition to capitalism, the Jiu Valley miners violently resisted the destruction of their industry. But today, their jobs are mostly gone — and the plague of slot machines has taken over long-proud mining […]

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Almut Rochowanski, Sopo Japaridze – Stop Blackmailing Georgians Over EU Membership

May 6, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Anti-government protests in Tbilisi have been hailed as a fight over Georgia’s European future — even though the government itself wants to join the EU. Amid the geopolitical posturing, the real issue being ignored is […]

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Kjell Östberg – Sweden’s Welfare State Was a Product of Class Struggle

April 22, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Swedish Social Democracy is often idealized as a benign reformist force that delivered welfare to the grateful masses. Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the […]

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Ken Loach and Paul Laverty’s Final Show: Interview with Paul Laverty

April 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Who will produce cinema about the working class when Ken Loach is gone? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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Nancy Fraser: Germany Cancelled Me for Supporting Palestine

April 10, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Cologne University has cancelled philosopher Nancy Fraser’s planned visiting professorship after learning she signed a pro-Palestine letter. In her first interview after the cancellation, Fraser says she won’t let Germany stop her from standing up […]

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Colin Gannon – The European Union Is Embracing Militarization

March 25, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘EU officials have moved to dramatically increase European arms spending and beef up the EU’s military capacities. This turn is coming at the expense of action to address the climate crisis or the defense of […]

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Stephen Maher, Scott Aquanno – The Problem With Finance Is the Problem of Capitalism

March 6, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The authors’ of new book The Fall and Rise of American Capitalism: From J. P. Morgan to BlackRock argue that finance capital and industrial capital are not in conflict, as many have argued. They are in fact […]

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Victoria Myznikova – In Russia, too, capital is painting itself green

February 28, 2024 Ben Wray 0

“Given its powerful oil oligarchs, it’s easy to assume Russia is the quintessential climate denier. Yet the rise of corporate ESG policies in the country suggests Russian capital wants to greenwash just as much as […]

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Ben Wray – It’s Time to Dismantle the US Sanctions-Industrial Complex

February 26, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Review of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.

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Leigh Phillips – The West Is Sabotaging a Global Pandemic Treaty

February 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

“International talks aimed at creating a treaty to prevent another COVID-19 catastrophe are nearing collapse. This impasse is due to the refusal of countries such as the US, Canada, and Germany to compromise on Big […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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