Forwarded from Meta-Communism
The Intellectualist
Study By MIT Economist: U.S. Has Regressed To A Third-World Nation For Most Of Its Citizens
America divided – this concept increasingly graces political discourse in the U.S., pitting left against right, conservative thought against the liberal agenda. But for decades, Americans have been rearranging along another divide, one just as stark if not…
#podcast
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/18/capitalisms-consigliere-mckinseys-work-for-insurance-companies-ice-drug-manufacturers-and-despots/
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/18/capitalisms-consigliere-mckinseys-work-for-insurance-companies-ice-drug-manufacturers-and-despots/
The Intercept
Intercepted Podcast: McKinsey’s Work for Insurance Companies, ICE, Drug Manufacturers, and Despots
Former health insurance executive Wendell Potter, reporter Ian MacDougall, and The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald are this week’s guests.
"The Dual Power Map is a strategic jump-off point for those looking to build #DualPower against the oppressive power of the state and the exploitative power of capital, neither of which have any regard for life on planet Earth, let alone Black people."
#must
https://blacksocialists.us/dual-power-map
#must
https://blacksocialists.us/dual-power-map
blacksocialists.us
Dual Power Map
A strategic jump-off point for those looking to build #DualPower against the oppressive power of the state and the exploitative power of capital.
"The hidden moments of reclaimed freedom that make any job bearable are being discovered and wiped out by bosses everywhere: That trick you used to use to slow down the machine won’t work anymore; or that window of 23 minutes when you knew your boss couldn’t watch you is vanishing. Whatever little piece of humanity survived in these fragments dies with them."
newrepublic.com/article/155666/life-algorithm
newrepublic.com/article/155666/life-algorithm
The New Republic
Life Under the Algorithm
How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class
"Judging by the available profit data, the U.S. indeed seems on a long-term decline."
http://www.socialisteconomist.com/2019/12/making-america-great-again.html
http://www.socialisteconomist.com/2019/12/making-america-great-again.html
Socialisteconomist
Making America Great Again
✑ Shimshon Bichler, Jonathan Nitzan. On the whole, the global decline of so-called American firms is not an accounting gimmick or an exchange-rate artefact. Can Trump reverse or even dent this long-term evisceration of “America”? The short answer is no
"Over the weekend, developing country representatives were kept out of late night backroom negotiations where final texts were being discussed. And on the last day, the final plenary was delayed because the UNFCCC wasn’t sure they had the two-thirds quorum required to move forward. Several representatives from developing nations lacked the funds to change their flights."
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/18/un-climate-cop25/
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/18/un-climate-cop25/
The Intercept
Rich Nations, After Driving Climate Disaster, Block All Progress at U.N. Talks
“They’ve effectively been lighting the house on fire as they plan to walk out the door,” said an advocate about Trump’s pledge to leave the Paris Agreement.
Update: A vote has been held in the group @Pantopia and the broad majority of voters has decided to decrease the number of media posted every day, so 3-4 will now be the rule
Have a wonderful day leftists ✊
Have a wonderful day leftists ✊
Forwarded from Syndiegram (Amir Omidi)
Americans, please get the BERN app so the Bernie Sanders campaign knows how and where to target their efforts
It also ensures that you are in fact registered and not purged from the voter rolls in your state
https://app.berniesanders.com/
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It also ensures that you are in fact registered and not purged from the voter rolls in your state
https://app.berniesanders.com/
Spread this message (:
BERN: The Official Bernie Sanders App
Volunteer for Bernie by talking to your friends and community
Snipers in the Kitchen: State Theory and Latin America’s Left Cycle
https://newleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/snipers-in-the-kitchen
https://newleftreview.org/issues/II120/articles/snipers-in-the-kitchen
New Left Review
Juan Carlos Monedero, Snipers in the Kitchen, NLR 120, November–December 2019
Amid ongoing political turbulence in Latin America, Juan Carlos Monedero mobilizes the resources of state theory, from Gramsci to Poulantzas, to provide a comparative critical analysis of the cycle of left governments in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina…
"The story of American politics over the past decade is that of a political party on the cusp of enduring power and world-historical social reform, and how these once imaginable outcomes were methodically squandered."
https://newrepublic.com/article/156066/decade-liberal-delusion-failure-obama-presidency
https://newrepublic.com/article/156066/decade-liberal-delusion-failure-obama-presidency
The New Republic
A Decade of Liberal Delusion and Failure
It was the death of hope by a thousand tiny technocratic "nudges."
From major, statewide legislative victories and tax-code changes to preliminary community meetings and discussions with local politicians, it is clear that 2019 has paved the way for replacing our current broken economic system with a new, democratic economy that operates on principles of racial, social, and economic justice.
https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/major-advances-2019-toward-more-democratic-economy
https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/major-advances-2019-toward-more-democratic-economy
TheNextSystem.org
Major advances in 2019 toward a more democratic economy
This past year, state and municipal lawmakers teamed up with community organizations to fight for—and win—a wide variety of policies and initiatives that will help foster a more democratic economy.