Part 1 David Harvey. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSOalxz-H0&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Part 2 David Harvey [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDCxz2Hb6vk&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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Amazon “Profiting from This Pandemic”
To give some perspective on the scale of one of the largest warehouses on the East Coast, the JFK8 facility in Staten Island employs thousands, … Amazon “Profiting from This Pandemic”Read more
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Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
This is how capitalism ends: not with a revolutionary bang, but with an evolutionary whimper. Just as it displaced feudalism gradually, surreptitiously, until one day … Techno-Feudalism Is Taking OverRead more
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The Increasing Economic Value of Digital Capital
A firm’s financial statement comprises two distinct types of assets. Tangible assets are mostly physical in nature, and include vehicles, land, plants, equipment, and furniture, … The Increasing Economic Value of Digital CapitalRead more
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Cook County Employees are on strike
Over 2,000 members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 employed by Cook County—which includes the city of Chicago and over 100 of … Cook County Employees are on strikeRead more
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At least 52 young workers perish in Bangladesh factory fire
In yet another shocking inferno, at least 52 mostly teenage workers died in a sweatshop factory, when a blaze engulfed a multi-storey food and beverage … At least 52 young workers perish in Bangladesh factory fireRead more
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Cold War was a marketing campaign for subsidization of the aerospace industry
Hitler Wouldn’t Risk Doomsday, But The United States Did Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (2/8) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LpRdP7Ge64&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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99% of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated
As of June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully vaccinated, nearly all of them in rich countries. Only 0.9% of people … 99% of People in Poor Countries Are UnvaccinatedRead more
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Young Americans are dying at rates not seen since 1953
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that approximately 19 percent more Americans died in 2020 than in 2019. … Young Americans are dying at rates not seen since 1953Read more
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Neoliberalism Has Depended on Huge Levels of Government Support for Its Entire Existence
The most basic tenet undergirding neoliberal economics is that free market capitalism—or at least some close approximation to it—is the only effective framework for delivering … Neoliberalism Has Depended on Huge Levels of Government Support for Its Entire ExistenceRead more