Prescribing Crisis
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/opioid-crisis-addiction-workers-pharmaceuticals-trump
The power of the pharmaceutical industry and the indifference of our political class are fueling the deadly opioid epidemic.
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The Macron Phenomenon
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/france-elections-emmanuel-macron-fn-en-marcheEmmanuel Macron’s strong polling in the French election signals a political realignment destined to consolidate elite control.
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The Real Free-Speech Threat
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/israel-palestine-free-speech-college-campuses-occupation-bdsThe most successful recent attacks on free speech have come from Zionist organizations seeking to suppress any criticism of Israel.
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The First Strike
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/womens-strike-international-solidarity-feminism-workers-trumpFebruary’s Women’s Strike was an electric first step towards forging a new feminist movement.
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The Trump Effect
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/donald-trump-el-sisi-egypt-foreign-policy-obamaTrump’s embrace of brutal dictators like Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is hardly new for American politics. But the media is treating it like it is.
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Keep It Public
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/jason-chaffetz-national-parks-bundy-land-managementPublic lands place the common good over the profitable. We should fight any attempt to privatize them.
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Belarus’s Parasites
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/belarus-lukashenko-decree-three-social-dependency-parasites-tax-unemployProtests against Belarus’s draconian “tax on unemployment” have shown both the weakness of the government and of the Left.
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What Nate Missed
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/what-nate-missedIt wasn’t just bad math that led us to believe Trump would be defeated. It was a lack of political vision.
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Martin Luther King’s Revolution
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/martin-luther-king-vietnam-war-lyndon-johnson-militarism-capitalism50 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr defied his advisers and declared his opposition to the Vietnam War. Liberal supporters immediately abandoned him.
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Socialize the Internet
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/internet-privacy-data-collection-trump-isps-fccPresident Trump just handed Internet providers the ability to do whatever they want with your data. Here’s how to fight back.
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Your Boss’s Big Little Secret
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/wage-gap-pay-transparency-discrimination-unionsYou have a right to know how much your coworkers are paid — and if you want to close the wage gap, you should.
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Che Guevara in the Congo
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/che-guevara-cuba-castro-congo-patrice-lumumba-colonialismChe Guevara’s expedition in the Congo, though ill-fated, stands as a crucial example of anti-imperialist solidarity.
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Lipstick Fascism
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/alt-right-lana-lokteff-racism-misogyny-women-feminismOn Lana Lokteff, the women of the alt-right, and the feminization of fascism.
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Ignoring Elites
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/donald-trump-fascism-arno-mayerHow not to think about politics in the age of Trump.
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Worked to Death
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/retirement-social-security-pensions-welfare-state-workersThe American pension crisis helps corporations maintain a precarious, easily exploitable workforce.
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Capitalism vs. Privacy
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/google-facebook-informational-capitalismInformational capitalism has turned the Internet into a means of social control.
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Europe’s False Choice
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/podemos-treaty-of-rome-european-union-eu-eurozoneSixty years after the Treaty of Rome, Podemos MEP Miguel Urbán on rejecting both EU neoliberalism and xenophobic nationalism.
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Free Speech as Battleground
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/free-speech-charles-murray-campus-protestThe college administration is not your friend. Do not ask it to censor your enemies.
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Don’t Blame the Boomers
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/baby-boomers-generation-economy-retirement-savings-povertyMany believe baby boomers are sitting pretty while millennials are scraping by. But boomers aren’t the problem — the rich are.
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The Roots of the European Union
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/european-union-wwii-trade-monnett-merkel-trumpFrom the beginning, the European project had more to do with jumpstarting capitalism than ending war.
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Bob Lee (1942–2017)
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/bob-lee-black-panthers-fred-hampton-chicagoBlack Panther and organizer Bob Lee forged the kind of revolutionary interracial solidarity desperately needed today.
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The Curious Case of Urban Homesteading
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/jack-kemp-hud-acorn-public-housingFor decades, elites have sung the praises of homeownership while leaving the promise of affordable housing unfulfilled.
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David Rockefeller: An Alternative Obituary
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/david-rockefeller-an-alternative-obituaryOver a 101-year life, David Rockefeller used political influence and repression to shore up his family’s power.
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The Story of Bad Bishop Brown
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/bishop-brown-episcopal-church-communism-marxism-liberation-theologyBishop William Brown was excommunicated from the Episcopal Church in 1924. His heresy: communism.
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When Women Negotiate
▻https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/gender-gap-pay-discrimination-sexism-feminismWomen experience backlash when they’re assertive about pay — and the problem won’t be solved by “Leaning In.”