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"It is the bad side that produces the movement which makes history, by providing a struggle."
I think a lot about other ways to achieve class consciousness without labor organizing but I dont think it's really possible. until conditions become so bad it's inevitable. there is still too much Credit on the side of "capitalism lifts people out of poverty."
In his ambitious new history of good and evil, the Dutch philosopher Hanno Sauer offers hope for humanity in its struggle with itself. commonwealmagazine.org/Hanno-sauer-mo…
So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts. Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible? Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
the pitch to carmakers right now seems to be “build in the US and you’ll have to pay a 50% tariff on your steel and a 25% tariff on your car parts. Or build in EU/Japan and you’ll only have to pay a 15% tariff” What are we even doing here
1991 nothing has changed brilliant topical humor youtu.be/qzv6EhE7Cbo?si…
it is not just that the capital share in the United States went up; more importantly, it is that this rising capital share accrued to the people whose salaries were already high. The stories of rising income inequality can no longer ignore this development.
My today's Substack: New Capitalism in America Richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people branko2f7.substack.com/p/new-capitali…
Has Mamdani condemned restaurants with QR code menus
When high level financial crime is legal and it extends from the president on down, you have a gangster state.
After witnessing unimaginable horrors, British doctors Tanya Haj-Hassan & Graeme Groom plead to stop the israeli mass extermination
look at this album cover. its fucking so rich. youtu.be/aQnW-MxAU6U?si…
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: “A society that produces billionaires while millions go hungry isn’t successful; it’s broken. I don’t think we should have billionaires. Full stop.” Thoughts?
Diplomacy
In a significant move after years of tension, Iran has removed a street name honouring Khaled al-Islambouli, the chief suspect in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Read: middleeastmonitor.com/20250716-iran-…
With my friend and comrade Professor Meng Jie (Economics Department, Fudan University), one of the most important Marxist economists in China. In the current issue of Wenhua Zonghen, Meng Jie has an essay - written with Zhang Zibin - on 'Industrial Policy with Chinese…