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Capitalism, Economics, Housing
Sleeping Pods
As rents soar and swallow up more and more of the earnings of working people, landlords face a problem -- how to pack an increasing number of tenants into a given space. A San Francisco developer has the answer.
Enough Is Enough! Joe the Dolphin Speaks Out
Joe the Dolphin pleads for more dolphin-friendly fishing methods and against the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Mekong.
War With Iran? Teetering on the Brink
Strictly speaking, the United States is already at war with Iran. By the rules of international law, the drone attack that killed General Soleimani and other high-ranking ...
A New Ideology for China?
Huang Fenglin, Theory of Bipolar World – The Road to Communism Found in the Evolutionary Structure of World History (translation and revision of a text published in Chinese in ...
When Was Slavery Abolished?
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in 1865. Or did it? Has slavery ever been abolished?
Capitalism, Economics, Environment, Marxism
Hope or Hoax: Reflections on the Green New Deal
Can a Green New Deal within capitalism resolve the climate crisis? The author of this article, reproduced from the journal Internationalist Perspective, argues that any such program would be either inadequate or incompatible with the capitalist drive for growth.
11 — 11 — 11 — 11: 100 Years Since the End of World War I
The Armistice ending WWI was signed 100 years ago today, with nearly 11,000 men being killed or wounded in the roughly six hours before it became effective.
The Black Death Stalks the USA
Are police killings of unarmed citizens a matter of race, class, or both?
Piling up Manure: The Psychology of Wealth Accumulation
"Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell." Who said that?
