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Injury to Buildings and Vegetables

Alyssa Battistoni n+1
Pigou noted the problem that Marx had only glancingly acknowledged: that the production of commodities was often accompanied by unintentional and sometimes severe physical side effects.

It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

Jamelle Bouie New York TImes
Like the slave owners, the MAGA movement and its allies are opposed only to those aspects of government that they can’t wield against their enemies. They will happily enlarge the scope of federal authority beyond the limits of our Constitution.

The Rift in American Socialism

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.

Why the Deck Is Stacked Against Workers Under Capitalism

Paul Heideman Jacobin
Workers must organize for power, while capitalists wield it individually through property rights. This fundamental asymmetry, creates a chain of obstacles that make working-class collective action uniquely difficult.
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