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Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star

Richard Brody The New Yorker
The French director did more than transform the aesthetic and the practice of filmmaking—he turned the cinema into the central art form of his time.

Trump’s Last Lackey

Lloyd Green The Guardian
This tell-all tale gives essential background to understanding one of the most notorious figures in modern U.S. politics.

US Cities Burn Recyclables After China Bans Imports

Oliver Milman The Guardian
In July 2017, China told the World Trade Organization it no longer wanted to be the end point for yang laji, or foreign garbage, with the country keen to grapple with its own mountains of waste.

Sweezy on the Rise of Fascism

Fabian Van Onzen Monthly Review
Sweezy adds a layer of historical analysis to the Comintern’s theory of fascism. He does this by defining it as the product of imperialism, which can only develop in the era of monopoly capitalism.