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In this interview from five years ago, the author of this important book discusses some of the events and policies that have made Detroit a showcase for the neoliberal mode of urban development.

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center just outside of Albany, New York filed petitions requesting a union election, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed this week.

Cold War is America’s comfort zone. We won the last one. We wear the white hats. It’s democracy against authoritarianism. And we’ve got the biggest and best military. Who could object?

Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists

With the leftist Lula set to win Brazil’s presidency, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro is sowing doubts about the election process. So now, Bernie Sanders is putting Bolsonaro on notice and insisting the US oppose any government that takes power illegitimately.

Brazilians prepare for a momentous vote

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Forming a union is one of the only ways that workers in home-care jobs have been able to have a voice and a pathway out of poverty. Limiting the ability of a state to collaborate directly with home care workers on common sense solutions to meet their own growing workforce needs--which could be the outcome of a right-wing lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court-- sets a terrible precedent for both workers and consumers.

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Corruption is endemic to the capitalist system and has not been successfully regulated away. Perhaps a system change is warranted?