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Jeremy Corbyn’s recent speech to the Trade Union Congress is impressive. It is an unmistakable and uncompromising challenge to class power, privileges, and prerogatives, But I was also surprised by what it didn’t say, that is, the absence of any mention…
In what amounts to an editorial, Bhaskar Sunkara and Micah Uetricht write in Jacobin, what I consider, an unnecessarily scathing, counterproductive, and silly take on the Working Families Party endorsement of Elizabeth Warren. Their editorial in some ways says less…
Much of the media assume without any evidence yet that Iran was the site of the attack on Saudi oil fields. We’ll see. If you step back from the present situation playing out in the Middle East, it hard not…
After listening to early Dylan and then some of his later stuff on my recent road trip to Detroit, I couldn’t help but think that I’m so glad he went electric and had the courage to evolve as an artist,…
It is noteworthy that the New York Times — arguably the most influential media outlet — has launched an unprecedented series of articles and podcasts on U.S. slavery. The decision, I’m sure, was the result of many factors, but at…