President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
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The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?
Unlike the proletariat, which sought labor security, the progressives among the precariat want a future based on existential security, with a high priority placed on ecology and the commons.
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Becoming Serfs
We live in a new feudalism. We have been stripped of political power. Workers are trapped in menial jobs, forced into crippling debt and paid stagnant or declining wages. Where will this end?
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How We Fight Fascism
In 1923, the radical socialist and feminist Clara Zetkin warned that the longer the stagnation and rot of a dysfunctional democracy went unaddressed, the more attractive fascism would become. History has amply illustrated where our current trends lead.
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Brits Go to the Polls with Devolution, Inclusive Growth – and Terror – On the Mind
Many hope today's election will signal a progressive push toward a fairer British society – away from old Tory policies that benefitted the rich at the expense of the poor, and toward devolution from London with greater inclusive growth.
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Historic CEO Pay Tax Passes in Portland
In a 3-1 vote, the city council agreed to add a surtax on the city’s existing business license tax for firms that pay their CEOs more than 100 times what their typical worker receives.
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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.
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Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America's Gun and Race Violence Epidemic
Race-related tensions have always coincided with economic recessions. But are we today facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence – or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?
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The People's Summit Seeks Direction Forward for the Political Revolution
Last weekend's People's Summit concentrated on domestic policy and economic inequality, featuring spirited debates, discussions and workshops that tried to chart the path ahead for America's new left.
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Mayoral Candidate Pledges to Make Manchester a "Beacon of Social Justice"
In an attempt to tackle the inequality separating Britain's North and South, Labour MP and mayoral candidate Andy Burnham pledges to improve education, housing and economic wellbeing in Greater Manchester.
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The New Generation Gap
Three realities – social injustice on an unprecedented scale, massive inequities, and a loss of trust in elites – define our political moment, among young people more than anyone.
