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In "Profit Over People", Noam Chomsky takes on neoliberalism: the pro-corporate system of economic and political policies presently waging a form of class war worldwide.
often with complete disregard for social and ecological consequences. Combining detailed historical examples and uncompromising criticism, Chomsky offers a profound sense of hope that social activism can reclaim people’s rights as citizens rather than as consumers,
In this majestic work, @Isabelwilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of USA hidden caste system. Comparing it to the ones of India and Nazi Germany, she explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more.
The New Gloc Review #Sundayreadings
From the series 'Non-fiction about capitalism', this Sunday we chose the Pulitzer Prize winning book: "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by @Isabelwilkerson (2020)
"Are we completely sure we can’t transform Halloween into a vital socialist battleground? [...] Enjoy our Halloween selection of readings tackling capitalism and its horrors from a historical and theoretical perspective."
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Years of marketisation reforms have transformed universities from places of knowledge to places of profit – and now the government is going for ideological control, too.
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Why do mainstream media seem to have difficulties in suggesting a systematic analysis of the global pandemic of Covid-19? Today @Goldman_Anna discusses for @GlocNew why the cultural industry entanglement with capitalist economy is problematic for dealing with climate change.
"Gino Strada, founder of @ https://t.co/XWjkVN1eBv, has left us. Just today his latest testimony on the disastrous situation in Afghanistan, where he had lived and worked for 7 years, came out for @la_stampa."
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Thanks Gino.
What do monuments reveal about the past? What do we chose to remember and what do we chose to forget? Today Barbara Testini @92Babsi discusses the controversy regarding the monument to Indro Montanelli in Milan. #StatuesMustFall
@juliaboechatm published her first article in the magazine, analyzing the repression to the current protests in Portland according to the Boomerang Theory. https://t.co/7g79JgJjFB