Steve Bannon’s Autobahn
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/steve-bannons-autobahn
You can’t fight Herrenvolk populism with weak-tea liberalism.
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In Defense of the Lecture
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/lectures-learning-school-academia-universities-pedagogyAs universities replace the lecture with active learning pedagogy, we should remember the benefits of collective listening.
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Bob White (1935–2017)
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/bob-white-organizer-union-democracy-canada-auto-workers-uaw-naftaCanadian union organizer and leader Bob White was committed to charting an independent and democratic course for workers.
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Charlie Chaplin in Moscow
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/charlie-chaplin-soviet-films-comedy-industrialization-taylorismEarly Soviet filmmakers took great inspiration from Charlie Chaplin, but his critique of mass production put him at odds with them.
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Why Women Should Strike
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/womens-strike-march-8-march-protest-trumpThe Women’s Strike on March 8 can help ramp up the movement against Trump.
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India’s Short Road to Crisis
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/india-demonetization-cashless-society-modi-farmersFor India’s poor, the cost of Prime Minister Modi’s demonetization policy is steep.
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Marilyn Young (1937–2017)
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/marilyn-young-obituary-vietnam-wars-feminism-imperialismMilitarism runs deep in the United States, but historian Marilyn Young never gave up believing that it could be overcome.
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China and Trumpism
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/china-trump-us-trade-economics-financeMany believe Trump’s administration will usher in a new era of protectionism. But it’s not that simple.
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LeBron and the Union
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/basketball-union-chris-paul-players-association-contract-salary-capThings are going well for NBA players. But their livelihoods still rest in the hands of the league’s stars.
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Milo and the Mainstream
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/milo-yiannopoulos-cpac-conservatives-alt-rightMilo Yiannopolous was no “alt-right” deviation for CPAC — the conference has long been a cesspool of reaction.
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Truth to Power
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/noam-chomsky-intellectuals-war-vietnam-iraq-changeFifty years ago today, Noam Chomsky published his landmark antiwar essay, “The Responsibility of Intellectuals.”
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Macedonia in Crisis
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/macedonia-corruption-ethnic-politics-levica-protestsMacedonia shows that without radical politics, political crisis is the new status quo.
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Twilight of the Technocrats?
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/hillary-clinton-brexit-trump-algorithm-experts-elitesTechnocratic liberalism prides itself on having no ideology to speak of — which is itself the most dogmatic ideology of them all.
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The Uncanny City
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/twenty-days-turin-giorgio-de-maria-horror-novelA new translation of the 1970s horror novel The Twenty Days in Turin is an eerily resonant read in 2017.
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Lessons From the Anti-Austerity Movement
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/lessons-from-the-anti-austerity-movementThe anti-Trump movement will only be successful if it takes stock of the struggles that came before it.
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Resurrecting the Antiwar Movement
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/resurrecting-the-antiwar-movementBeing pro-refugee must also mean being antiwar.
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The Romanian Protests
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/romania-protests-corruption-psd-iohannis-austerityWhy have hundreds of thousands of Romanians taken to the streets this month against a nominally center-left government?
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Interior Decorator in Chief
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/trump-interior-design-appearance-surface-art-of-the-deal-white-house-draTrump’s fixation with surface effects and appearance marks the man and his brutality.
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Paleocons for Porn
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/paleocons-for-pornThe new online right draws on transgressive aesthetics to rebrand conservative politics. It’s a contradiction that won’t hold.
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Why We Should Strike on May Day
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/may-day-general-strike-trump-international-womens-daySocialist councilwoman Kshama Sawant on why we need a wave of protests and strikes on May 1.
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Free Tibet
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/tibet-china-tar-self-determination-mao-dalai-lamaYes, Richard Gere is annoying. No, there isn’t a credible left defense of continued Chinese rule in Tibet.
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Out Now: “Journey to the Dark Side”
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/out-now-journey-to-the-dark-sideWhere did Donald Trump come from? And how do we escape this nightmare? You have questions, our new issue has answers.
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The Legacy of Malcolm X
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/malcolm-x-assassination-legacyMalcolm X died 52 years ago today, just as he was moving toward revolutionary ideas that challenged oppression in all its forms.
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Ten Proposals to Beat the Eurozone
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/eurozone-eu-debt-syriza-greeceA collective document from across the European left on how to challenge the EU’s stranglehold on economic and social justice.
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Ditching the Deep State
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/deep-state-michael-flynn-leaks-federal-bureaucracy-trumpThere is no unified “deep state” pulling the strings behind the scenes. The state itself is a site of struggle.
