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We live in a time of 'late capitalism'. But what does that mean? And what's so late about it?

The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies.

The Conversation

Crushing unions: Both sides do it!

Democrats and their "proud pro-labor president" say the right things and do the wrong ones, over and over again

Salon

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in Russia or…

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Swifties know: the Ticketmaster fiasco shows America has a monopoly problem

The power of irate Taylor Swift fans means something might actually be done about the dominance of Ticketmaster and co

The Guardian - US

British politics urgently needs more imagination. Competence alone will not save us from this 'polycrisis'

The recent turmoil in British politics has led much of the political establishment and commentariat to agree on one thing: what the country needs now is competence, the more boring the better. The last thing we need is risky ideas.

The Conversation

Permacrisis: what it means and why it's word of the year for 2022

The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis”. As accolades go, the managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, has said that this one “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.

The Conversation

When Karl Marx Made the Case for Capitalism

In barely a century, capitalism led to more productivity "than have all preceding generations together," Marx and Friedrich Engels argued.

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Sudhakaran slams foreign tours of Pinarayi, Ministers

No public funds used for Loka Kerala Sabha regional conference in London, clarifies State govt.

The Hindu

‘Not living our values’: Royal Society of Arts accused of hypocrisy on staff union

The body gave an award for unionising workers to the IWGB, which it now refuses to recognise

The Guardian - UK

Review: In 'Triangle of Sadness,' strained satire, and vomit, on the high seas

Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or-winning social satire, "Triangle of Sadness," is many things: a cautionary tale about the perils of slurping shellfish on rough seas, a blunt (as in dull) critique of the one percent, a (wasted) opportunity to hear Woody Harrelson espouse the tenets of Karl Marx and a pessimistic…

Los Angeles Times

‘I bought sound gear with my wife’s injury money’ – Howard Jones on New Song

‘We did some crazy stuff on stage – face paint, chains, shooting, dying and coming back as ghosts’

The Guardian - UK

Left parties failed to adapt to cultural needs, says Tamil writer Indira Parthasarathy

‘Even Karl Marx’s calendar for revolution failed. He visualised it to happen in England but it took place in an agrarian society in Russia’

The Hindu

Craft Cannabis Owners Unite! The National Craft Cannabis Coalition Announces Its Formation

When Karl Marx and Frederich Engels popularized Flora Tristan's famous phrase “Workers of the world, unite!” in 1848, they sought to abolish the bureaucratic state and seize the means of production.

Benzinga

‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan

Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English

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Black August uplifted as alternative Black History Month

To many, February is the month dedicated to celebrating Black Americans’ contributions to a country where they were once enslaved

The Guardian - US

Russia-Ukraine: five lessons from the 19th-century Crimean war

A century and a half ago, Russia lost a war it might have expected to win. The consequences reached far and wide

Tribune News Service

Sacramento teacher aligned with antifa received 3 years of pay to resign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After facing a nationwide backlash, the Natomas Unified School District paid a teacher three years’ salary to resign after he was secretly recorded professing his allegiance to antifa and saying it was his goal to turn his students into “revolutionaries,” records show.

The National (Scotland)

Adam Smith: Separating the myth from fact - and why his Scots university beat Oxford

AS a toddler, Adam Smith, was apparently kidnapped by gypsies and needed a horseback rescue from Fife’s deep woods by his uncle with a posse of…

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A revolt that could turn into a revolution

Without a new social contract, there could be unrestrained conflict with the working people in Sri Lanka

Benzinga

Dogecoin Daily: Crypto Reacts To Record Inflation Numbers, Co-Creator Recommends Reading Karl Marx

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) traded nearly flat at $0.06 over 24 hours leading up to early Thursday morning. DOGE saw minimal movement while other major coins traded slightly in the green at press time. The global cryptocurrency market cap registered a 2.4% increase to $892.7 billion.

The Conversation

What is emotional labour - and how do we get it wrong?

The term “emotional labour” is applied to an array of home-based activities — from keeping mental to-do lists, to remembering to call your in-laws on their birthdays. Some advocate the need to teach boys emotional labour, or identify it as the unpaid jobs men still don’t understand.

The Conversation

Karl Marx: his philosophy explained

In 1845, Karl Marx declared: “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: We all lose when monopolists prosper

The role of government is to correct the tendency towards monopoly and inequality through regulation, but they have been falling down on the job.

Tribune News Service

Jay Ambrose: The new American way of getting everything wrong

Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx communism. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” the historical figure said by way of summation in 1875, and…

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s latest rant shows that he has lost his mind

The prophet and inspiration for the Soviet Union, which Vladimir Putin apparently aspires to rebuild on bigger and better lines, was Karl Marx. But a better understanding of Putin’s motivations for a greater Russia, and the lesser Ukraine, might be derived from the collected works of Sigmund Freud.

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