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The Corporate Thriller Lied to Us

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Criterion Channel is hosting a retrospective on Hollywood’s “corporate thrillers” from the 1980s through the early 2000s. If anything, their message about the capitalist rot in America’s institutions looks far too tame for how the last couple of deca

Friday Nite Videos | September 5, 2025

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The Ballad of Big Balls. The Most Corrupt Stock Traders in Congress. Could the Epstein Vote Take Down Trump? Graham Platner for U.S. Senate | Launch Video. Chuck Schumer's Fantasy Couple | John Oliver.

The Five & Dime Solution to Wealth Concentration

Gabriel Zucman The Guardian
Unprecedented wealth concentration – and the unbridled power that comes with it – distorts our democracy and drives societal and economic tensions. The Five & Dime tax would would break up concentrated wealth and generate substantial new revenue.

Bernie and AOC Electrify Democrats Who Want To Fight Trump

Kellen Browning The New York Times
Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. Sanders expresses confidence that anti-establishment anger could turn into something substantive for the left.

Friday Nite Videos | April 11, 2025

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Who's Coming to the Bernie/AOC Rallies? Supercallousfascistracistsexistnazipotus – The Ultimate Parody! Trump's Chilling New Executive Orders. Desi Lydic Foxsplains Trump's 4D Tariff Chess Game. The Most Insane Weapon.
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