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Is The US Really A Meritocracy?
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Citations and Further Reading:
The financialization of housing
books.google.com/books?id=AAQRDAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2014.947082
doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00874.x
doi.org/10.1177/00323292231201480
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19491247.2023.2170542
doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2020.1846610
doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv175nt.13
jstor.org/stable/26151125
doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2014.947080
doi.org/10.1080/02673031003711550
2023 least affordable year to buy a home, home prices over the last 20 years, avg. home price
cnbc.com/2023/12/07/2023-was-the-least-affordable-homebuying-year-redfin.html
nytimes.com/2024/06/02/realestate/housing-market-rates-prices-slow.html
cnbc.com/2024/03/19/why-home-prices-have-risen-faster-than-inflation-since-the-1960s.html
Record number of people paying more than 30% on rent
nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us/politics/rent-burdens-low-income-life.html
Avg. home price 1964
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS
Avg. income 1964
census.gov/library/publications/1965/demo/p60-047.html
“More than half of all renters are paying more than the recommended 30% on housing and over a quarter are paying more than 50%.”
npr.org/2024/01/25/1225957874/housing-unaffordable-for-record-half-all-u-s-renters-study-finds
Minimum wage workers can’t afford simple 1-bed
cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-time-minimum-wage-workers-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-us.html
Home prices have nothing to do with housing supply and demand, it’s about the supply of finance
taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315668666-8/conclusion-manuel-aalbers
taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315668666-6/mortgage-lending-house-price-developments-germany-italy-spain-netherlands-us-manuel-aalbers?context=ubx&refId=046f087c-b6be-48cf-994c-3d3fd7554344
2022 rent inflation and Jay Parsons quote
nytimes.com/2022/09/27/business/economy/landlords-rent-inflation.html
Millenial/Gen Z wages aren’t rising
doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2020.1846610
Realpage, tactics and statistics
propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent
propublica.org/article/why-rent-is-so-high
Realpage CEO quote
multifamilyexecutive.com/technology/in-the-back-office-revenue-management-software-is-causing-a-revolution_o
“In the first quarter of 2022, nearly a third of all single-family homes sold in the US were bought by private investors”
huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/em/winter23/highlight1.html
Private equity buyup of mobile homes
pestakeholder.org/news/new-tool-tracks-private-equity-ownership-of-manufactured-housing-communities-across-u-s
US wealth in real estate + Robert Schiller quote
barrons.com/articles/net-wealth-is-over-135-trillion-where-that-money-resides-d722c9c6
books.google.com/books?id=pm1aDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
1980s government creation of mortgage-backed securities market
doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00874.x
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Citations and Further Reading:
American empire in its many forms
books.google.com/books?id=GYtbDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
jacobin.com/2019/03/united-states-empire-colonies-philippines-immerwahr
books.google.com/books?id=UlkXpSKivwIC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
books.google.com/books/about/Super_Imperialism.html?id=rlWFAAAAIAAJ&source=kp_book_description
nakedcapitalism.com/2022/11/the-destiny-of-civilization-an-interview-with-michael-hudson-on-economic-development-rentierism-debt-china.html
jacobin.com/2020/10/us-military-bases-global-war-machine-imperialism
jstor.org/stable/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.8.1.0104
books.google.com/books?id=_GITAgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
books.google.com/books?id=6Ww5BgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
Some maps
loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00483/?sp=39
theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/15/the-us-hidden-empire-overseas-territories-united-states-guam-puerto-rico-american-samoa#img-3
basenation.us/maps.html
A definition of empire/imperialism
jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv5qdgv7
American military spending is greater than the next 10 countries' combined
nationalpriorities.org/blog/2023/05/04/us-still-spends-more-its-military-over-144-countries-combined
Post-WWII population under US control, in and out of the mainland
npr.org/2019/02/18/694700303/the-history-of-american-imperialism-from-bloody-conquest-to-bird-poop
Informal imperialism after WWII, decolonization, and the USSR
jstor.org/stable/20453107
Military bases abroad
aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-military-presence-around-the-world-interactive
basenation.us/maps.html
Coups and regime change clips
https://x.com/HotSpotHotSpot/status/1818191495133815242
foxnews.com/video/5735486561001
250 military interventions since 1991
mronline.org/2022/09/16/u-s-launched-251-military-interventions-since-1991-and-469-since-1798
350 coup attempts since 1982
aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/7/16/ameri-coup-a-brief-history-of-us-misdeeds
washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/23/the-cia-says-russia-hacked-the-u-s-election-here-are-6-things-to-learn-from-cold-war-attempts-to-change-regimes
“by 2012, American companies owned 46% of all publicly listed shares of the top 500 corporations in the world”
academic.oup.com/isq/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/isqu.12053
Sanctions
https://x.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1816445527690445301
washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/us-sanction-countries-work
jacobin.com/2022/03/us-control-cuba-blockade-must-end-sixty-years
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr25/007/2009/en
Sanctions exist to “decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, [and] desperation”
history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499
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Citations and Further Reading:
Definitions of fascism
web.archive.org/web/20160319123249/nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism
bigthink.com/thinking/fascism-definition-stanley
books.google.com/books?id=JU3th4LnKvsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
books.google.com/books?id=QS9TAQAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
Votes 2024 French legislatures
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election
Votes 2024 EU elections
https://results.elections.europa.eu/fr/france/
apnews.com/article/eu-election-results-european-parliament-acd0ceef91d198cf5e9ee695f394b28c
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election
Centrist in the EU copy the far-right
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-backs-tough-new-migration-rules
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/06/eu-group-european-peoples-party-von-der-leyen-migration-reforms
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-election-right-wing-parliament-would-mean-for-eu-policy/
Immigrant statistics
nber.org/papers/w32389
ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/pdf_notes/note151.pdf
npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime
Far-right parties inspire hate crimes
france24.com/en/europe/20240619-rights-safety-lgbtq-people-danger-risk-far-right-win-french-parliamentary-elections-bardella-le-pen-macron
Fascism and worsening conditions
researchgate.net/publication/323695290_Fascism_and_social_inequality
thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview
ft.com/content/c18f4306-3c37-4a10-b728-74646e0ea525
A Brief History of Neoliberalism, David Harvey
doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199283262.001.0001
Macron’s far-right echoes and neoliberal drive
theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/nazi-collaborator-phillipe-petain-world-war-stirs-anger
dial.uclouvain.be/memoire/ucl/fr/object/thesis%3A43580
https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/economie/plus-de-9-millions-de-personnes-pauvres-en-france-emmanuel-macron-na-rien-fait-pour-arranger-les-choses-regrettent-les-senateurs
https://www.challenges.fr/economie/la-politique-de-macron-plus-favorable-aux-menages-aises-selon-l-insee_836304
books.google.com/books?id=QtwfEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
The rise of the far-right
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/05/24/des-electeurs-ordinaires-a-la-decouverte-de-la-vision-racialisee-du-monde-des-electeurs-rn_6235245_3232.html
youtu.be/h9K9pdM0XMM
UK Riots
metro.co.uk/2024/08/04/racist-hull-rioters-pull-asian-man-car-smash-21356693
theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/04/rioters-try-to-torch-rotherham-asylum-seeker-hotel-amid-far-right-violence
abcnews.go.com/International/uk-police-clash-rioters-wake-deadly-knife-attack/story?id=112564079
nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-starmer-cobra-security-far-right-riots-protests-spread-migration-rcna165116
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/riots-uk-muslim-asians-rotherham-manvers-hotel-b2591159.html
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/uk-riot-locations-protests-map-far-right-b2591157.html
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-islamophobia-farright-riots-b2590693.html
firstpost.com/explainers/what-is-going-on-in-the-uk-as-asylum-seeker-hotels-attacked-by-far-right-mobs-13800911.html
firstpost.com/entertainment/3-girls-killed-in-stabbing-at-taylor-swift-themed-uk-dance-class-singer-in-shock-13798940.html
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-prime-minister-convenes-emergency-panel-end-days-112570138
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What's The Point Of International Law? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Biden, J. (2024, May 20). Statement from President Joe Biden on the Warrant Applications by the International Criminal Court. Retrieved from whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-warrant-applications-by-the-international-criminal-court
Chavez, N., & McKenzie, D. (2024, May 20). Biden Denounces ICC Warrant Against Israeli Officials. CNN. Retrieved from cnn.com/2024/05/20/politics/biden-denounce-icc-warrant-israel-hamas/index.html
Gambrell, J. (2024, May 20). Israel, Iran, Hamas: Latest Updates. AP News. Retrieved from apnews.com/article/israel-iran-hamas-latest-05-20-2024-ad834288883034b4d8bc5c60614484f6
Goldsmith, J. L., & Posner, E. A. (2005). The Limits of International Law. Oxford University Press.
Hathaway, O. A. (2023). Reclaiming International Law from Extraterritoriality. Harvard National Security Journal, 14, 336-372.
Helsel, P. (2024, May 20). Israel to Halt Rafah Offensive After International Court of Justice Ruling. NBC News. Retrieved from nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-halt-rafah-offensive-international-court-of-justice-ruling-rcna153867
International Criminal Court. (2020). Understanding the International Criminal Court. The Hague, Netherlands: International Criminal Court. Retrieved from https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/PIDS/publications/UICCEng.pdf
Karnow, S. (1997). Vietnam: A History. Penguin Books.
Krasnor, E. (n.d.). Foreign Aid in Post-Colonial Africa: Means for Building Democracy or Ensuring Western Domination?
Liptak, K. (2024, May 20). GOP Senators Warn ICC on Israel. Politico. Retrieved from politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/06/congress/gop-senators-warn-icc-on-israel-00156232
Liphshiz, C. (2024, May 24). US Lawmakers Slam ICJ Demand for Israel to End Rafah Offensive. Algemeiner. Retrieved from algemeiner.com/2024/05/24/us-lawmakers-slam-icj-demand-israel-end-rafah-offensive
Plitnick, M. (2024, May 21). Biden and Congress are destroying international law for Israel. Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2024/05/biden-and-congress-are-destroying-international-law-for-israel
Posner, E. A., & Yoo, J. C. (2004). Judicial Independence in International Tribunals. California Law Review, 93(1), 1-74.
Raedler, T. (2024, May 21). No Equivalence: Biden Defends Israel After ICC Requests Arrest Warrants. Al Jazeera. Retrieved from aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/21/no-equivalence-biden-defends-israel-after-icc-requests-arrest-warrants
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. (1998). Retrieved from https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library/documents/rs-eng.pdf
The Guardian. (2023, March 18). Joe Biden welcomes ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. The Guardian. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/18/joe-biden-welcomes-icc-arrest-warrant-vladimir-putin
Turse, N. (2013). Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Picador USA.
United Nations Security Council. (2020). The Age of Power Rivalry: The Security Council at 75. Retrieved from un.org/securitycouncil/sites/www.un.org.securitycouncil/files/sc-at-75.pdf
Yale Law Journal. (2009). Universal Exceptionalism in International Law. Yale Law Journal, 118, 1762-1798.
Yoo, J. (2003). International Law and the War on Terrorism. California Law Review, 91(5), 1699-1744.
Yoo, J. C. (2024, May 20). Biden Administration’s Response to ICC Israel Arrest Warrants. Jacobin. Retrieved from jacobin.com/2024/05/icc-israel-arrest-warrant-biden-administration
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Citations and Further Reading:
HR 6090
congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/all-actions
IHRA definition of antisemitism
holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism
Lavender
972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza
Student protest comparisons
vox.com/politics/24141636/campus-protest-columbia-israel-kent-state-history
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Get involved:
cpusa.org
pslweb.org
frso.org
dsausa.org
iww.org
Citations:
Stats on income brackets:
marketwatch.com/guides/business/average-salary-by-age
Rising cost of education:
visualcapitalist.com/rising-cost-of-college-in-u-s
Student loan debt:
nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/student-loan-debt
Gig work
allworknow.com/10-impressive-gig-economy-statistics-the-rise-of-a-new-workforce/#:~:text=The%20gig%20economy%20accounts%20for,not%20those%20of%20traditional%20employment.
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Today's Reading:
marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/download/what-itd.pdf
Organizations to consider (non-US orgs sourced from locals from each country listed):
US
cpusa.org
dsausa.org
http://pslweb.org
frso.org
iww.org (active in multiple countries)
Canada
communist-party.ca
Australia
https://cpa.org.au/homepage/
https://www.auscp.org.au
https://www.cudl.org.au
blackpeoplesunion.org
cpaml.org
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Citations and Resources:
JOIN ONE OF THESE ORGS
http://cpusa.org
pslweb.org
dsausa.org
frso.org
Trump tries to ban TikTok
axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-order-ban-tiktok-45-days
Oracle lawsuit
techradar.com/news/oracle-accused-of-selling-personal-data-for-billions-of-users
Project Texas
newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/delivering-on-our-us-data-governance
axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms
Federal device ban
axios.com/2023/02/28/white-house-federal-agencies-remove-tiktok
State bans
axios.com/2023/05/17/montana-tiktok-ban
US Corporate Data Gathering
theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election
techhq.com/2022/08/oracle-facing-data-backlash-for-violating-the-privacy-of-billions
tampabay.com/news/2021/05/07/google-selling-users-personal-data-despite-promise-federal-court-lawsuit-claims
Mike Gallagher Funding
opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-gallagher/summary?cid=N00039330&cycle=2022&type=I
opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-gallagher/summary?cid=N00039330&cycle=2024&type=I
ADL Leaked Audio
https://x.com/snarwani/status/1725138601996853424?s=46&t=pXLU22J9uEghB4ElCfllPg
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First Thought Crash Course
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine/Ilan-Pappe/9781851685554
Palestine 101
decolonizepalestine.com
3,000 news networks:
usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/14/mainstream-media-ownership-america-needs-news-transparency/5077719001
“Mass R*pe” Article:
nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html
Starvation article:
nytimes.com/2024/02/29/opinion/gaza-israel-palestinians-starvation.html
“Hamas rejects ceasefire”
nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/middleeast/biden-israel-hamas-cease-fire.html
AIPAC Spending
opensecrets.org/orgs/american-israel-public-affairs-cmte/summary?id=D000046963
Pro-Israel Funding
opensecrets.org/industries/summary?cycle=All&ind=Q05&recipdetail=S
Grayzone Exposé
thegrayzone.com/2024/01/10/questions-nyt-hamas-rape-report/amp
Intercept Exposé
theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7
The Pitfalls of Liberalism
redsails.org/the-pitfalls-of-liberalism
Blackshirts and Reds, Michael Parenti
valleysunderground.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/blackshirts-and-reds-by-michael-parenti.pdf
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Citations and Further Reading:
Letter from Birmingham Jail
https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf
Malcolm X speech (contains section on liberals)
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=3&psid=3619
Harris Poll on MLK
cnn.com/2023/01/16/politics/martin-luther-king-jr-polling-analysis/index.html
Musings on liberalism and fascism
truthout.org/articles/fascism-is-possible-not-in-spite-of-liberal-capitalism-but-because-of-it
The Pitfalls of Liberalism
redsails.org/the-pitfalls-of-liberalism
Blackshirts and Reds, Michael Parenti
valleysunderground.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/blackshirts-and-reds-by-michael-parenti.pdf
Senate Dems vote
abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-vote-aid-bill-israel-taiwan-ukraine/story?id=107174930
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Game Theorists
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Meat Canyon
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Stampylonghead
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Seth Everman
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Captainsparklez
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Joel Haver
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Citations and Further Reading:
General info on US crimes and the problems of capitalism:
Washington Bullets - Vijay Prashad
Rogue State - William Blum
Killing Hope - William Blum
Endless Holocausts - Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire - David Michael Smith
The Jakarta Method - Vincent Bevins
School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas - Lesley Gill
The Triumph of Evil - Austin Murphy
Spooks - Jim Hougan
The Capital Order: How Economists Created Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism - Clara E. Mattei
The Counterrevolution of 1776 - Gerald Horne
Genocide of the Native Americans, Slavery:
An Indigenous People's History of the United States - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
American Holocaust - David Stannard
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation - John Ehle
Hitler's American Model - James Whitman
Genocide in the Philippines:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=historical-perspectives
webhispania.info/the-forgotten-genocide-the-philippine-american-war-and-us-atrocities
A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 - David J. Silbey
Genocide in Korea:
Blowback Season 3 - open.spotify.com/episode/78BdsG6eicVXJ5cQBRs2Md
thefunambulist.net/magazine/against-genocide/wipe-out-all-life-postwar-liberalism-and-mass-killing-in-korea
liberationnews.org/psl-editorial-occupation-continues-70-years-after-the-pentagons-forgotten-genocide-in-korea
nytimes.com/1999/09/30/world/gi-s-tell-of-a-us-massacre-in-korean-war.html
thenation.com/article/world/korean-war-armistice-70th-anniversary
War crimes during the Vietnam War:
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam - Nick Nurse
https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/35354/the-violent-legacies-of-the-u-s-war-in-vietnam/
bbc.com/news/world-asia-23427726
marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-04c.htm
War crimes during the "War on Terror"
Blowback Season 1 - open.spotify.com/show/2pibBnPuHqKr07hxEMZE41
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/iraq-20-years-since-the-us-led-coalition-invaded-iraq-impunity-reigns-supreme/#:~:text=Between%202003%20and%202011%2C%20Amnesty,cruel%2C%20inhuman%20or%20degrading%20treatment.
hrw.org/news/2023/03/19/twenty-years-iraq-bears-scars-us-led-invasion
ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/session9/US/AIJ_TheAssociationofIraqiJurists.pdf
truthout.org/articles/for-20-years-team-bush-has-escaped-prosecution-for-war-crimes-in-iraq
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/publication/the-iraq-invasion-is-a-crime/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/04/04/472964974/it-was-torture-an-abu-ghraib-interrogator-acknowledges-horrible-mistakes
aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/10/1/abu-ghraib-the-legacy-of-torture-in-the-war-on-terror
Chain of Command - Seymour Hersh
The Ballad of Abu Ghraib - Philip Gourevitch, Errol Morris
Blowback Season 4 - open.spotify.com/episode/3PIyNOhaBeAfwa3rWKmvtP
Cuba and Latin America:
Blowback Season 2 - https://blowback.show/Season-2
Open Veins of Latin America - Eduardo Galeano
Cuba and its Neighbors - Arnold August
nytimes.com/2023/09/11/world/americas/chile-coup-50-anniversary.html
Chile 1973: The Other 9/11 - David Francois
Palestine:
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe
decolonizepalestine.com
Gaza Fights for Freedom - youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s
Shell Shocked - Mohammed Omer
Apartheid Israel - Sean Jacobs, Jon Soske
On Palestine - Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe
Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis
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Citations and Further Reading:
Covid wealth transfer
cnbc.com/2023/01/16/richest-1percent-amassed-almost-two-thirds-of-new-wealth-created-since-2020-oxfam.html
oxfam.org/en/research/survival-richest
inequality.org/great-divide/updates-billionaire-pandemic
Wealth transfer since 1975
businessinsider.com/wealthiest-1-percent-stole-50-trillion-working-americans-what-means-2020-9
PTO statistics
forbes.com/advisor/business/pto-statistics/#:~:text=Twenty%2Deight%20million%20Americans%20don,vacation%20days%20and%20paid%20holidays.
Ten richest double their wealth while bottom 99% of humanity’s fall/would still be richer than 99% of the world after 99.99% loss
oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity
Nearly 100 million fall under $1.90/day during COVID
blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/covid-19-leaves-legacy-rising-poverty-and-widening-inequality#:~:text=About%2097%20million%20more%20people,less%20than%20%245.50%20a%20day
Bosses bet on workers getting COVID
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55009228
Layoffs during COVID
bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/temporary-layoffs-remain-high-following-unprecedented-surge-in-early-2020.htm#:~:text=Hover%20over%20chart%20to%20view,End%20of%20interactive%20chart.&text=In%20April%202020%2C%20the%20number,and%20efforts%20to%20contain%20it
Why Socialism? - Albert Einstein
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism
45% of new created wealth goes to top 1%/CEOs make 350x what their workers do/Wages are lower than 50 years ago/half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck/$50T transfer of wealth from bottom 90% to top 1% since 1975
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/the-us-has-a-ruling-class-and-americans-must-stand-up-to-it
Vacation days & paid time off
cnbc.com/2018/07/05/heres-how-many-paid-vacation-days-the-typical-american-worker-gets-.html
Maternity leave
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/27/maternity-leave-us-policy-worst-worlds-richest-countries
Legal & societal changes growing the gap between productivity and wages
epi.org/productivity-pay-gap
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YTP bit
youtu.be/rG_Ue3t17l0?si=gK9ToLvtHEcVKUOX
Alienation at school
theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/how-help-kids-like-school-better-loneliness/619881/#
PragerU in Florida
npr.org/2023/08/14/1193557432/florida-education-private-schools-prageru-desantis
PragerU in Oklahoma
msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/oklahoma-prageru-florida-texas-rcna103711
PragerU in Texas
kvue.com/article/news/education/texas-prageru-curriculum/269-36012efd-1a3d-493b-a6aa-494620ad4f31
Zoe Bee’s Video
youtube.com/watch?v=4NAiPYaogCw
John Adams Lesson Plan
prageru.com/video/john-adams
A Nation At Risk
http://edreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/A_Nation_At_Risk_1983.pdf
Post reporting on A Nation At Risk
washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/26/how-nationatrisk-report-hurt-public-schools
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Project 2025 Homepage:
project2025.org
Mandate for Leadership (PDF can be found here):
project2025.org/policy
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Citations and Further Reading:
-Taking Back America for God by Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry
-“America is a Christian Nation” sermon by Pastor Robert Jeffress youtube.com/watch?v=0MYOr90CkDU&list=PLzJ0cH2x8nuR2o6HCn40wttVnstmArMm5&index=5&t=52s
-“45% of Americans Say US Should be a Christian Nation” - Pew Research Center pewresearch.org/religion/2022/10/27/45-of-americans-say-u-s-should-be-a-christian-nation
-”Christian Nationalism is the Single Biggest Threat to America’s Religious Freedom”
americanprogress.org/article/christian-nationalism-is-single-biggest-threat-to-americas-religious-freedom
-”Christian Nationalism: Heresy or Hype?” by The Gospel Coalition thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/gospelbound/christian-nationalism-heresy-or-hype
-Timothy Keller on Christian Nationalism quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism
-Russell Moore on Christian Nationalism christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/september-web-only/christian-nationalism-cannot-save-world-politics-elections.html
-”What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church” by Daniel K. Williams (The Atlantic) theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/christianity-religion-america-church-polarization/675215
-”Christian Nationalism, Christian Globalism, and White Americans” by David A. Hollinger https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/christian-nationalism-christian-globalism-and-white-americans
-The Doctrine of Discovery gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/doctrine-discovery-1493
-”Here’s where Christian Nationalism comes from, and what it gets wrong” by Ryan Sanders
dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/01/09/heres-where-christian-nationalism-comes-from-and-what-it-gets-wrong/\
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Citations And Further Reading:
On Authority:
marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm
The Caging of America: newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/the-caging-of-america
CIA Report on Stalin:
cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf
FISA 702:
aclu.org/news/national-security/five-things-to-know-about-nsa-mass-surveillance-and-the-coming-fight-in-congress
2022 Surveillance Report:
wsj.com/articles/fbi-conducted-potentially-millions-of-searches-of-americans-data-last-year-report-says-11651253728
Section 702 Violations:
newamerica.org/oti/blog/history-fisa-section-702-compliance-violations
wired.com/story/fbi-section-702
Police Violence:
washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database
People killed by Chinese police:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_China
2022 US police killings:
policeviolencereport.org
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Citations and Further Reading:
Check out 1Dime
youtu.be/zBk78wG1U9U
youtu.be/75udjh6hkOs
More on MMT & Debt
youtu.be/mEwivQeD0Q8
youtu.be/LxJW7hl8oqM
youtu.be/etO6UqaDdRA
youtu.be/r_15BJu6n24
books.google.com/books?id=Y-mWDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
Debt ceiling news
nlihc.org/resource/congress-passes-and-president-biden-signs-law-debt-ceiling-agreement-capping-federal
reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-aims-quick-passage-debt-ceiling-bill-avoid-default-2023-06-01
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65744615
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_Responsibility_Act_of_2023
Medicare for all saves trillions
citizen.org/news/fact-check-medicare-for-all-would-save-the-u-s-trillions-public-option-would-leave-millions-uninsured-not-garner-savings
Inflation
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2021/11/24/the-truth-about-inflation
youtu.be/1U7t47toB5E
youtu.be/Ut_qdUrRxuI
Covid spending
nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/us/how-covid-stimulus-money-was-spent.html
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Why The Political Compass Sucks...And What's Better – Second Thought
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We've all taken the political compass test. It's fun, it doesn't take long, and it's a good way to dip your toe into political labels. The only problem is...it kinda sucks. Let's take a look at how to go beyond the political compass.
Citations and further reading:
politicalcompass.org
8values.github.io
cpusa.org
pslweb.org
http://frso.org
dsausa.org
marxists.org/archive/index.htm
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We've all had a bad manager at one point or another. We've probably all had some decent ones too. But why do they exist? Ask just about any worker and they'll tell you that "manager" is a useless position. So, if their job is meaningless...where did the position come from?
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Citations and further reading:
The New Spirit of Capitalism
versobooks.com/en-gb/products/1980-the-new-spirit-of-capitalism
“Managers” and overtime pay avoidance
nytimes.com/2023/03/06/business/economy/managers-overtime-pay.html
nber.org/papers/w30826
More on management
jacobin.com/2022/01/dumenil-levy-managers-capitalism-class-socialism
core.ac.uk/reader/151392470
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From our very earliest education Americans are told that the US has never been and will never be a socialist country. While it's true that the US has never been governed by a socialist party, it's impossible to look at US history and say we've never had strong socialist movements and notable socialist figures. Let's take a look!
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Citations and Further Reading:
Socialist Orgs To Consider
cpusa.org
pslweb.org
frso.org
dsausa.org
Indigenous Socialism in America
youtu.be/GdzTdve1n7c
google.com/url?q=books.google.com/books?id%3DZkEoAwAAQBAJ%26newbks%3D1%26newbks_redir%3D0%26printsec%3Dfrontcover&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1691757210901649&usg=AOvVaw3O70eY6nOuA-AznKgC9Aj6
google.com/url?q=books.google.com/books?id%3DKBueCgAAQBAJ%26newbks%3D1%26newbks_redir%3D0%26printsec%3Dfrontcover&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1691757210902630&usg=AOvVaw3pgQwzR8exSvtqdDLETdFw
therednation.org/revolutionary-socialism-is-the-primary-political-ideology-of-the-red-nation-2
isreview.org/issue/103/sense-hope-and-possibility-solidarity
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/franklin-rosemont-karl-marx-and-the-iroquois
Utopian socialism in America
youtu.be/80mtCNd-JEw
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_socialist_movement_in_the_United_States
Militant labor in American history (and its repression)
books.google.com/books?id=PefFoPmOq5IC&printsec=frontcover
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair
jacobin.com/2023/05/haymarket-affair-martyrs-memorial-history-chicago-may-day
jacobin.com/2020/06/police-united-states-strikebreaking-class-war
Eugene Debs
jacobin.com/2020/09/eugene-debs-democracy-antiwar-canton
Socialist/labor mobilization and progress
https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/workers-rights-socialism-afl
jacobin.com/2019/10/highlander-folk-school-socialist-party-new-deal
The red scares
jacobin.com/2019/12/red-scare-industrial-workers-of-the-world-iww
jacobin.com/2022/03/mccarthyism-huac-communists-blacklists-old-new-left
Hammer and Hoe
books.google.com/books?id=amC0CAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
MLK quotes
mlkglobal.org/2017/11/23/martin-luther-king-on-capitalism-in-his-own-words
mronline.org/2019/01/24/today-capitalism-has-out-lived-its-usefulness-martin-luther-king
More sources
books.google.com/books?id=PefFoPmOq5IC&printsec=frontcover
jacobin.com/2021/08/oklahoma-green-corn-rebellion-washington-wwi-tenant-farmer-poverty-socialist-party-renters-union-working-class-union-wcu
jacobin.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-young-peoples-socialist-league-new-york
jacobin.com/2021/07/socialist-party-red-states-debs-ameringer-history-rural-socialism
peoplesworld.org/article/let-them-tremble-author-tony-pecinovsky-discusses-new-book-on-cpusa
lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-american-socialism
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We've all heard the term "cultural marxism" before, but what does it actually mean? Is there really a secret communist cabal pulling the strings behind the scenes? Let's take a look at where the term comes from and how accurate it is.
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Citations and further reading:
The history and use of “Cultural Marxism”
doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12258 Jamin, Jérôme (2018). Cultural Marxism: A Survey
https://tannermirrlees.academia.edu/research#articles Mirrlees, Tanner (2018). “The Alt-Right's Discourse of ‘Cultural Marxism’: A Political Instrument of Intersectional Hate”
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18753-8_3Woods, Andrew (2019). “Cultural Marxism and the Cathedral: Two Alt-Right Perspectives on Critical Theory”
soundcloud.com/user-830442635/can-the-gop-convince-voters-that-bidens-government-has-been-captured-by-marxists-and-communists
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/cultural-marxism-catching
Clips
twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1666598377591824384
youtu.be/EOhoUdiM7b8?t=1747
youtu.be/W9M7zfdHgOE
youtu.be/gMV177G079Q?t=70
foxnews.com/video/6328984558112
youtu.be/z9WhsW1DcTI?t=136
c-span.org/video/?108496-1/college-campus-social-political-issues
youtu.be/mjhCOEJi_IQ?t=124
youtu.be/a3uDjyXPzWs?t=121
youtu.be/watch?v=KV9s8X1htMk
foxnews.com/politics/cruz-urges-americans-combat-woke-takeover-new-book-november-release
youtu.be/mjhCOEJi_IQ?t=70
youtu.be/DhgutZb_jQk?t=9801
youtu.be/a3uDjyXPzWs?t=121
Cultural Bolshevism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Bolshevism
jacobin.com/2019/02/antisemitism-judaism-bolsheviks-socialists-conspiracy-theories
twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1666871131666780160/photo/1
Biden
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-administration-oil-gas-drilling-approvals-outpace-trumps-2023-01-24/#:~:text=the%20Biden%20administration%20approved%206%2C430%20permits%20for%20oil%20and%20gas%20drilling%20on%20public%20lands%20in%20its%20first%20two%20years%2C%20outpacing%20the%20Trump%20administration%E2%80%99s%206%2C172%20drilling%2Dpermit%20approvals%20in%20its%20first%20two%20years
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/3568076-biden-to-request-37b-in-annual-budget-to-support-police-and-prevent-crime/#:~:text=President%20Biden%20will%20request%20%2437,in%20Wilkes%2DBarre%2C%20Pa
DeSantis defines elites (poorly)
jacobin.com/2023/04/ron-desantis-courage-to-be-free-book-review-elites-conservatism-ruling-class#:~:text=The%20word%20%E2%80%9Celite%E2%80%9D%20does%20not%20signify%20someone%20of%20tremendous%20aptitude%2C%20great%20wealth%20or%20major%20achievement.%20It%20signifies%20someone%20who%20shares%20the%20ideology%20and%20outlook%20of%20the%20ruling%20class%2C%20which%20one%20can%20demonstrate%20by%20%E2%80%9Cvirtue%20signaling%E2%80%9D
Breivik
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
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We've all heard poverty described as a "mindset" or a "moral failing," but those claims don't hold up to scrutiny when you start to look into it. In this episode we'll take a look at the real causes of poverty, and why it persists in capitalist economies.
This Is Why You're Poor – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
SOURCES
Hakim’s video
youtu.be/2vPhySbRETM
My video on meritocracy
youtu.be/Ezthd6A3tiw
My video on recessions
youtu.be/_Y_4wdx0vfI
My video on Elon Musk (collab w/ More Perfect Union)
youtu.be/PU7QM3MZ2Vs
Poverty and recessions
census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/demo/P60-259.pdf
Ten wealthiest men doubling their wealth during the pandemic
oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity#:~:text=The%20world's%20ten%20richest%20men,more%20people%20forced%20into%20poverty
23% of workers work in low paying jobs
data.oecd.org/earnwage/wage-levels.htm#indicator-chart
Over 400,000 Americans work two full-time jobs. And nearly 8 million Americans have two or more job positions
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/05/multiple-jobs-census-data-inflation-us
Over 7 million Americans are working part-time involuntarily
money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/economy/america-part-time-jobs-poverty/index.html
Low wage work characteristics
https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/smith_cpr_policy_brief_employability.pdf
Rent unaffordability
cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-time-minimum-wage-workers-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-us.html congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110362/witnesses/HHRG-116-BA00-Wstate-DesmondM-20200114.pdf
The cost of fuel and utilities
nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magazine/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html
The cost of healthcare
cnbc.com/2019/10/09/americans-spend-twice-as-much-on-health-care-today-as-in-the-1980s.html
Dr. Devon Price on laziness in the office
youtu.be/2KGrL1snV-c
The history of laziness
momentum.medium.com/the-racist-exploitative-history-of-laziness-bb09d8b414dd
Why Americans Hate Welfare
degruyter.com/document/isbn/9780226293660/html
Reserve army of labor explained
jacobin.com/2023/03/karl-marx-capital-economics-introduction-profit-surplus-value-labor-deepankar-basu-interview jacobin.com/2016/12/full-employment-jobs-inflation-wages-labor-economics
jacobin.com/2021/02/laziness-work-capitalism-review-devon-price
More on laziness, hard work, and poverty
humanparts.medium.com/5-insights-for-resisting-the-laziness-lie-cf20356c3b5 \humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01 youtu.be/CTsfWLMO4ho
youtu.be/3LopI4YeC4I
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2936&context=jssw
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/17/bernie-sanders-minimum-wage-living-wage
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PragerU, The Daily Wire, countless far-right talk shows, YouTube channels, think tanks, and online magazines. Where are they all coming from, and why are they all so well funded? Let's take a look at the groups bankrolling far-right rhetoric and what they stand to gain from platforming these people.
Why Is There So Much Right-Wing Media? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Yugopnik’s video on the online right
youtu.be/ggdt5rkqHrE
Visualizations of the Kochtopus
projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Maze_of_Money.png
sourcewatch.org/images/d/d6/W-kochnetwork.jpg
Wilks money dump into PragerU and Daily Wire
vice.com/en/article/y3p33j/fracking-farris-dan-wilks-prageru-climate-crisis-denial-shapiro
Daily Wire/PragerU recent highlights
mediamatters.org/daily-wire/daily-wire-host-says-there-cant-be-genocide-trans-people-transgender-people-not-real
mediamatters.org/daily-wire/daily-wires-authoritarian-vision-increasing-state-sanctioned-violence-against-oppressed
mediamatters.org/daily-wire/daily-wire-host-says-parents-should-have-their-children-taken-away-if-they-bring-them
mediamatters.org/daily-wire/jordan-peterson-i-think-gay-community-was-hell-lot-better-when-they-were-oppressed
mediamatters.org/michael-knowles/daily-wire-host-celebrates-new-youtube-policy-allows-him-say-2020-election-was
mediamatters.org/matt-walsh/daily-wires-matt-walsh-defends-using-n-word-idea-theres-word-cannot-be-uttered-under-any
NPR story on Daily Wire reach
npr.org/2021/07/19/1013793067/outrage-as-a-business-model-how-ben-shapiro-is-using-facebook-to-build-an-empire
Stochastic terrorism
youtu.be/frZHD6aITcg
Matt Walsh 7 HB1
nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/hb1-passes-effectively-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-youth/article_61563b64-b3b5-11ed-aaf9-db8e9abd4ca8.html
Koch support to DeSantis
floridapolitics.com/archives/521321-americans-for-prosperity-endorses-ron-desantis-re-election
DeSantis Daily Wire support
mediamatters.org/daily-wire/ron-desantis-paid-over-100k-ben-shapiros-daily-wire
Koch support to Daily Wire figures
prospect.org/justice/care-faux-free-speech-warriors-koch-brothers-paying-bills.
Koch support to Daily Caller
readsludge.com/2018/11/21/charles-koch-is-funding-rightwing-pro-trump-media-new-disclosure-reveals
Daily Caller highlights
dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/dhs-migrant-caravan-on-border-contains-more-than-500-criminals
groomed.dailycaller.com/optin-595234881685654391231?sl=headerbutton
dailycaller.com/2023/06/13/outrageous-vicious-trump-slams-sham-indictment-speech
The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2018/11/the-atlantic-begins-the-speech-wars-reporting-project/576805
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/putting-monsterpaint-onjordan-peterson/550859
Koch Time Investment
theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/27/koch-brothers-time-magazine-media-power
LA Times
theguardian.com/media/2013/may/14/los-angeles-times-los-angeles
Stand Together
standtogether.org/about-us
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/453732750/201813199349312776/full
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stand_Together_Chamber_of_Commerce#Grant_Recipients
Campus “free speech” groups
thenation.com/article/archive/dark-money-behind-campus-speech-wars
Campus research centers
nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/koch-donors-george-mason.html
Think tanks propped up in all 50 states which got a combined $83 million dollars from Koch-funded orgs and their allies in 2011
politico.com/story/2013/11/koch-brothers-think-tank-report-099791
Some notables
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute
twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1371541044592996352?lang=en
climateofdenial.org/track-climate-change-denial/manhattan-institute
theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/07/oil-lobby-coal-anti-obama-ads
Pushing Republicans to the far right
opensecrets.org/orgs/koch-industries/summary?id=d000000186
Mont Pelerin society
forbes.com/profile/charles-koch
Lobbying
opensecrets.org/orgs/koch-industries/summary?id=d000000186
Anti-muslim & anti-LGBT hate groups
exposedbycmd.org/2020/01/22/koch-favored-donorstrust-keeps-funding-anti-muslim-anti-lgbtq-hate-groups
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Solar energy is cheaper and more abundant than fossil fuels...so why aren't we making the switch?
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Citations and Further Reading:
The importance of profit, not price, in renewable energy
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2021.1926957
The price of solar over time
ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth
lazard.com/research-insights/2023-levelized-cost-of-energyplus
How solar got cheap
youtu.be/sUvaYycoWqI
Solar deployment and investment stalling/declining
iea.org/news/global-solar-pv-market-set-for-spectacular-growth-over-next-5-years
iea.org/articles/energy-transitions-indicators
Shell’s conditions
reports.shell.com/annual-report/2019/servicepages/downloads/files/shell_annual_report_2019.pdf
spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/060419-shell-sees-signficant-potential-in-electricity-but-investing-with-care
youtu.be/VZEAgKZUNuU?t=345
Returns on wind and solar investment
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2021.1926957
How much fossil giants put into renewables
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621001420
Solar and wind used for fossil extraction
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/chevron-is-installing-solar-panels-to-produce-oil-more-cheaply
Asset management firms aren’t sustainable
capitalaspower.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220200_baines_hager_from_passive_owners_to_planet_savers.pdf
Under capitalism production “is always initiated on the basis of prospective profit.”
Shaikh, A., 2016. Capitalism: competition, conflict, crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Renewables have increasingly narrow margins
coalition.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Coalition-for-Action/Publication/Coalition-for-Action_Scaling-up-RE-Investment_2018.pdf
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2021.1926957
Fossil Capital, Andreas Malm
versobooks.com/en-gb/products/135-fossil-capital
https://geosci.uchicago.edu/~moyer/GEOS24705/Readings/From_water_to_steam.pdf
Exploitation, violence in rare earth mineral mining
youtu.be/XCECoZBZ5aU
Where money goes in renewables
https://direct.mit.edu/glep/article/20/2/3/95047/Shadows-of-Divestment-The-Complications-of
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2021.1926957
Capitalists hate competition
blairfix.github.io/capital_as_power/accumulation-and-sabotage.html
“Hole in the ground surrounded by guns”
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2021/02/26/radically-progressive-degrowth-reducing-resource-use-by-eliminating-inequality
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/03/30/the-voldemort-index
Scarcity and oil prices
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2020/12/03/as-we-exhaust-our-oil-it-will-get-cheaper-but-less-affordable
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Citations and Further Reading:
Links to mental health support (that aren’t 988)
warmline.org
(from a list compiled by NPR @ npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/11/1116769071/social-media-posts-warn-people-not-to-call-988-heres-what-you-need-to-know)
callblackline.com/aboutfaq
kivagroups.carrd.co
antipoliceterrorproject.org/mh-first-oakland
antipoliceterrorproject.org/mh-first-sac
peersupportspace.org/daily-gatherings
projectlets.org/crisis-support
samaritansnyc.org
translifeline.org/hotline
wildfloweralliance.org/online-support-groups
Alienation
youtu.be/gPRxxN4Kh30
marxists.org/glossary/terms/a/l.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation
Main news clip
youtu.be/ImEz971DLgY
Loneliness study
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732200310X
hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
Burnout
www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/burnout-survey.html#:~:text=The%20findings%20indicate%20that%2077%20percent%20of%20respondents%20say%20they%20have%20experienced%20employee%20burnout%20at%20their%20current%20job%2C%20with%20more%20than%20half%20citing%20more%20than%20one%20occurrence.
forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/04/13/for-many-workers-burnout-is-worse-than-during-the-pandemic
edition.cnn.com/2023/04/13/health/nurse-burnout-post-pandemic/index.html
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-finds-burnout-epidemic-working-women-two-years-pandemic-rcna25883
cnbc.com/2022/11/22/teachers-are-in-the-midst-of-a-burnout-crisis-it-became-intolerable.html
Workers and return to office
cnbc.com/2022/04/28/64percent-of-workers-would-consider-quitting-if-asked-to-return-to-office-full-time.html
mckinsey.com/industries/real-estate/our-insights/americans-are-embracing-flexible-work-and-they-want-more-of-it
Wealth and zip code
opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/atlas_slides.pdf
Social media and mental health study quoted
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915628
Neoliberal thought
neweconomics.org/2020/10/this-is-your-brain-on-neoliberalism
redalyc.org/journal/1531/153162923019/html
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Proponents of capitalism and global free trade claim that they've solved war - that trade has become a more appealing and less expensive option than international conflict. Is this really the case? Has free trade solved war?
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Citations and Further Reading:
Capitalism, imperialism, liberalism and war
marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/themilitant/1942/v06n07/lenin.htm
https://psi424.cankaya.edu.tr/uploads/files/Brewer,%20Marxist_Theories_of_Imperialism.pdf
https://hal.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/hal-02043794/file/War%20and%20capitalism.%20.pdf
marxist.com/first-world-war-a-marxist-analysis-of-the-great-slaughter/introduction.htm
blairfix.github.io/capital_as_power/differential-accumulation-past-and-future.html
books.google.com/books?id=3GvnDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
youtu.be/yZjuINjdUN8
youtu.be/QTXdAVXG2K8
Graph, oil profits and wars
bnarchives.yorku.ca/203/1/20060400_nb_new_imperialism_or_new_capitalism.pdf
Bilateralism, multilateralism, and war
doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00492.x
Free trade and violence
mronline.org/2022/09/26/free-market-genocides
countercurrents.org/parenti260507.htm
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
books.google.com/books?id=SXDnDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
NAFTA
jacobin.com/2017/08/nafta-trans-pacific-partnership-trump-free-trade
nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/24/what-weve-learned-from-nafta
epi.org/blog/naftas-impact-workers
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Citations and Further Reading:
Why capitalism seems inescapable
youtu.be/PaASqPnpq5Y
Economic planning
youtu.be/xuBrGaVhjcI
GDP + recessions graph
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDP
2008 stats
investopedia.com/news/10-years-later-lessons-financial-crisis
Recessions’ negative effects
bis.org/publ/work910.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930372
http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/345/bmj.e5142.full.pdf
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-2720-y
Degrowth
books.google.com/books?id=mstzEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/utopia1313/files/2022/11/What-does-degrowth-mean-A-few-points-of-clarification.pdf
proteanmag.com/2023/01/15/degrowth-is-anti-capitalist
sd-commission.org.uk/data/files/publications/prosperity_without_growth_report.pdf
resilience.org/stories/2022-03-07/degrowth-is-not-recession-nor-is-it-austerity
Marxist theory of crises
youtu.be/WvGIdRJfGho
marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialistvoice/marx19.html
How capitalists profit from crisis (graphs) and inflation
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2014/05/15/profit-from-crisis-why-capitalists-do-not-want-recovery-and-what-that-means-for-america
bnarchives.yorku.ca/414/2/nb_20141000_can_capitalists_afford_recovery_recasp.pdf
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2021/11/24/the-truth-about-inflation
Corporate landlords
nytimes.com/2020/03/04/magazine/wall-street-landlords.html
JPMorgan Chase stock goes up during 2008
ft.com/content/45710c36-5429-11dd-aa78-000077b07658
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It's very common in the West, especially in the US, for people to assume that propaganda doesn't really exist in our society. Sure, those other countries brainwash their citizens, but not us! No, all our media is completely unbiased. Let's explore the idea of propaganda, and how exactly it functions in neoliberal capitalism.
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Citations And Further Reading:
Neoliberal subjectification and control
https://lchc.ucsd.edu/cogn_150/Readings/brown.pdf
ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/WP23-Mirowski.pdf veletsianos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/problem-with-flexible-learning-Preprint.pdf
jacobin.com/2014/06/bulletproof-neoliberalism
ephemerajournal.org/contribution/becoming-neoliberal-subject
newintrigue.com/2020/06/29/the-philosophy-of-byung-chul-han
teoriapoliticaseminariohome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-rottenberg-c..pdf
Bernays’ propaganda
www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Bernays_Propaganda_in_english_.pdf
Britannica’s propaganda
britannica.com/topic/propaganda
More on propaganda
keimena11.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/noam-chomsky-media-control.pdf
Iraq
pewresearch.org/politics/2023/03/14/a-look-back-at-how-fear-and-false-beliefs-bolstered-u-s-public-support-for-war-in-iraq
nytimes.com/2002/09/08/world/threats-responses-iraqis-us-says-hussein-intensifies-quest-for-bomb-parts.html
nytimes.com/2002/09/18/world/threats-responses-inspections-verification-difficult-best-say-experts-maybe.html
nytimes.com/2002/11/10/world/threats-responses-military-war-plan-for-iraq-calls-for-big-force-quick-strikes.html
nytimes.com/2003/04/21/world/aftereffects-prohibited-weapons-illicit-arms-kept-till-eve-war-iraqi-scientist.html
washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/06/20/3/38f7a537-46e0-43b0-90bd-d231d6cd0a9a/#:~:text=%22Iraq%20is%20open%20for%20business%2C%22%20L.%20Paul%20Bremer%2C%20administrator%20of%20the%20U.S.%2Dled%20occupation%2C%20declared%20optimistically%20in%20May%202003
Guatemala
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta
tweb.archive.org/web/20120822190236/http://imerrill.umd.edu/johnkirch/files/2010/03/Covering-a-Coup-John-Kirch.pdf
Macron
nouvelobs.com/economie/20150107.OBS9413/macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires.html
https://www.lesechos.fr/2015/01/emmanuel-macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires-241247
youtu.be/roJpZftZvFE
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/09/17/je-traverse-la-rue-je-vous-en-trouve-en-une-petite-phrase-emmanuel-macron-expose-sa-vision-du-travail_5356365_823448.html
https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Assurance-chomage-saison-II-controles-renforces-baisse-des-indemnites-et-guerre-sociale-au
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Most of us grow up with the ingrained notion that life for every successive generation is better than the last. That truism no longer seems to be the case. Why is everything seeming to go downhill? And why is work specifically getting so much worse?
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We've been told all our lives that competition, free markets, and ruthless business practices are the best way to run an economy. If that's the case...why do all major corporations operate as planned economies? And how can we follow that example to build a nationwide planned economy?
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Citations and Further Reading:
Books
books.google.com/books?id=0OhOEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
books.google.com/books?id=IcCGDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
books.google.com/books?id=VBC3AgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover
https://proyectoballena.cck.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Arboleda-Goberar-la-utopi%CC%81a-Capi%CC%81tulo-1-Caja-Negra.pdf
Economic planning & related topics
scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:tBc_RigrTdgJ:scholar.google.com
scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:qmeirGf7lKIJ:scholar.google.com
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/ar/libros/cuba/if/marx/documentos/22/Economic%20planning....pdf
http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/Harnecker-participatory-planning.pdf
cominsitu.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/bernes-planning.pdf
youtu.be/ME1hVozRIcA
transferics.com/2016/10/23/the-economic-calculation-problem
youtu.be/_OslQ6TnijA
doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2020.1812222
archive.org/details/anarchistcollect0000unse
https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166429
doi.org/10.6094/behemoth.2021.14.2.1061
socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/article/view/5869
http://alternativniekonomiky.fss.muni.cz/data/publikace/Johanisova-and-Frankova-Chapter-49-Eco-social-enterprises-final-1-.pdf
Walmart bad
fortune.com/company/walmart/fortune500
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart
businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-walmart-mcdonalds-food-stamps-medicaid-minimum-wage-2020-11
motherjones.com/politics/2003/03/against-Walmart
hbr.org/2006/12/the-high-cost-of-low-wages
huffpost.com/entry/walmart-overtime-labor-department-settlement_n_1470543
laborrights.org/in-the-news/investigation-claims-Walmart-suppliers-use-child-labour-0
nytimes.com/2004/01/13/us/in-house-audit-says-Walmart-violated-labor-laws.html
cbsnews.com/news/walmart-patents-audio-surveillance-technology-to-record-customers-and-employees
businessinsider.com/walmart-is-facing-a-class-action-over-its-alleged-use-of-surveillance-cameras-and-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-database-2022-9
winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/ftc-hits-walmart-3-million-greenwashing-penalty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_family
Walmart collaborative planning
8thandwalton.com/blog/cpfr
corporate.walmart.com/esgreport/social/people-in-supply-chains#:~:text=Walmart's%20supply%20chain%20consists%20of,whom%20have%20their%20own%20suppliers
Sears
youtu.be/t6zEe-vhhQI
versobooks.com/blogs/4385-failing-to-plan-how-ayn-rand-destroyed-sears
Declassified Chile documents
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94chile.pdf
Cybersyn - A Documentary
youtu.be/RJLA2_Ho7X0
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On February 3rd, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying tens of thousands of gallons of toxic vinyl chloride derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio. This event, while not unique in the least, is a striking example of how corporate negligence causes environmental an humanitarian disasters. In the weeks since the crash, several other trains have derailed, including at least one more of Norfolk Southern's. Why is this such a common problem? What has led to the US having over 1,000 derailments per year, and why isn't anything being done about it? We flew out to East Palestine to speak to residents and take a look at the issue.
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Citations and Further Reading:
About the current groomer/”gender ideology” moral panic
youtu.be/9c6shP-NcfE
youtu.be/VBKtLGBVbvM
scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence
thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3816964-the-gops-misguided-woke-police
mediamatters.org/fox-news/save-children-again-absurd-intensifying-right-wing-panic-lgbtq-people-are-grooming-minors
xtramagazine.com/power/politics/grooming-narratives-return-anti-lgbtq2s-campaigns-219791
nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-long-sordid-history-of-the-gay-conspiracy-theory.html
adl.org/resources/blog/what-grooming-truth-behind-dangerous-bigoted-lie-targeting-lgbtq-community
Nazism, fascism and LGBTQ persecution
jstor.org/stable/3704553
houstonpress.com/news/how-transphobia-helps-fascists-take-power-11956136 theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2021/oct/23/judith-butler-gender-ideology-backlash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany
Prolification of anti-trans bills
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/14/anti-trans-bills
Anti-LGBTQ violence in 2022
acleddata.com/2022/11/23/update-fact-sheet-anti-lgbt-mobilization-in-the-united-states
Hateful rhetoric and the incidence of hate crimes
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3149103
Gender-affirming care statistics
hrc.org/press-releases/gender-affirming-care-setting-the-record-straight-as-extremist-politicians-in-texas-and-other-states-continue-doubling-down-on-attacking-trans-youth
Boston Children’s Hospital
bostonglobe.com/2022/12/03/metro/boston-childrens-faced-months-death-threats-hate-mail-heres-how-staff-are-coping
Molestation statistics
lgbpsychology.org/html/facts_molestation.html
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/10-anti-gay-myths-debunked
Moral panics
youtu.be/4fU8ajTzYro
Left-handedness
juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-agendas-social-contagion-peer-pressure-and-prevalence-c3694d11ed24
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Yugopnik Video
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Andrewism Video
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Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years
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Books
plutobooks.com/9780745341125/a-decolonial-feminism
https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4064118/mod_resource/content/0/Nancy%20Fraser%20Fortunes%20of%20Feminism%20From%20Womens%20Liberation%20to%20Identity%20Politics%20to%20Anti-Capitalism.pdf
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dialecticalartist.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/witch-hunting-past-and-present-and-the-fear-of-the-power-of-women-100-notes-100-thoughts-by-silvia-federici-z-lib.org_.pdf
legalform.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/davis-women-race-class.pdf
Articles
teoriapoliticaseminariohome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-rottenberg-c..pdf
doi.org/10.1177/1464700119842555
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/15641/3
dissentmagazine.org/article/kicking-back-not-leaning-in
thenation.com/article/society/qa-nancy-fraser
gen.medium.com/the-end-of-the-girlboss-is-nigh-4591dec34ed8
https://cosmonaut.blog/2018/12/04/on-women-as-a-class-materialist-feminism-and-mass-struggle/
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1367549407075898
plutobooks.com/blog/white-women-feminism-and-its-repression-of-slavery
vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning
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Do We Really Live Under Capitalism?– Second Thought
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Two definitions of corporatism
sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/corporatism
jstor.org/stable/20630041
Wikipedia crony capitalism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism
Meta and Google mergers & acquisitions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Meta_Platforms en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Alphabet
Wal-Mart
corporate.walmart.com/about/history http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/04/walmart_employees_on_food_stamps_their_wages_aren_t_enough_to_get_by.html
On the necessity of the state for capitalism
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/157973/1/bna-259_20090522_nb_casp_full_indexed.pdf
Monopolies in free market systems
marxist.com/monopoly-capitalism.htm
Libertarian utopias
jstor.org/stable/10.5325/utopianstudies.23.1.0238
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