Category Archives: Politics

Global Capitalism: What Trump 2.0 Means

Global Capitalism: What Trump 2.0 Means We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum’s special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held this past Saturday at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff gave his … Continue reading

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Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States: Chris Hedges | UpFront

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy. What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will … Continue reading

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Guardian Australia | ‘A moral wreckage that we need to face’: Peter Beinart on being Jewish after Gaza’s destruction

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Christopher Webb | This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking

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One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California.

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Silhouette – The Man Erased from History

Étienne de Silhouette is a man so thoroughly erased from history that only his name remains. His enemies twisted his name into a joke to mock him, and used it so often it became a synonym for “ridiculous”. It also … Continue reading

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Timothy Snyder: a Trump victory threatens freedom | Media Confidential

Alan and Lionel are joined by Yale history professor and leading scholar of Soviet Russia, Tim Snyder. Snyder’s new book, On Freedom, explores the risks to shared freedom in a ‘post-truth’ world. He argues that a rise of disinformation and … Continue reading

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The media is ‘sanewashing’ Trump’s gibberish | Rebecca Solnit on Media Confidential

According to the writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit, US media are failing to cover Donald Trump properly. “His incapacity to be coherent is pretty much hidden from the public, unless they’re listening directly or reading alternative media,” she says. … Continue reading

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Anne Applebaum on the dictators who want to run the world | Tortoise ThinkIn

Anne Applebaum has been tracking the slide away from democracy for decades. But, she says, what is happening right now is unprecedented. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist joined us in the Tortoise to discuss her latest book, Autocracy, Inc., … Continue reading

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Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained | LSE Research

Do today’s power brokers in Britain continue to be born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts? In search of an answer, Aaron Reeves and Sam … Continue reading

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