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Since the French Revolution, the Right has deployed a common set of arguments to resist the drive to democratize economic and political power.

The Left will only win if we analyze their rhetoric — and counter it.
To Beat the Right, We Have to Understand Their Arguments
Since the French Revolution, the Right has deployed a common set of arguments to resist the drive to democratize economic and political power. The Left will only win if we analyze their rhetoric — and counter it.
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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On my way to Dilemmas of Humanity, no. 4, joining Dilma Rousseff, Fernando Haddad (finance minister of Brazil), Jeff Sachs, Marcio Pochmann, Joao Pedro Stedile, Juliane Furno, and others to discuss the need for a social transformation.
See you there: dilemmasofhumanity.org/conferences/...
IV International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference: Perspectives for Social Transformation
In 2025, we will hold the IV International Conference Dilemmas of Humanity: Perspectives for Social Transformation from April 7 to 10 in São Paulo, Brazil. The goal of this gathering is to discuss and...
dilemmasofhumanity.org
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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You can watch the opening panel from this conference here. The audio is missing for about the first 70 seconds.

www.youtube.com/live/V4MLXd9...
April 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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"When Fortunati was working on The Arcana of Reproduction, her approach was iconoclastic – for, as the title of the book suggests, few social realities have been so manipulated as the sphere of reproduction, especially in Italy where years of Fascism had turned maternity into a religion."
Silvia Federici on The Arcana of Reproduction
The Arcana of Reproduction is a unique book in the world of Marxist feminism. Generally, Marxist feminists have elaborated on the methodological significance of Marx’s work for understanding the speci...
www.versobooks.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#OtD 20 Feb 1834 the first Lowell "mill girls" strike occurred in New England when 800 women textile workers walked out against a 15% pay cut. While unsuccessful, it showed that local women workers would no longer be pushed around stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
February 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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#WolffBites: Billionaire "broligarchs" need strong gov't power to protect their outlandish wealth. Demagogues need broligarchs to take power. When they find each other, their marriage is called fascism.
www.theframelab.org/why-broligar...
Why 'Broligarchs' like Elon Musk need Trump
Crypto, pro-natalism and the destruction of the nation-state loom large as Trump takes office with backing from tech billionaires
www.theframelab.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:15 PM