Category: Critical of Capitalism
Exit Capitalism, Stage Left – Episode 12 Out Now!
The twelfth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. This episode is the first in our education serie... Read More
Class War: Game Review
Since the Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights helped sponsor and support Class War: The Jacobin Board Game, I decided to pick up a copy and test it out with my friends with a sociali... Read More
Leftists Should Love Lucy
There’s a biopic out now about Lucille Ball called Being the Ricardos that has mixed reviews (something like a 6.6 on IMDb from users and a similar 68% on Rotten Tomatoes). But there are some ... Read More
Exit Capitalism, Stage Left Episode 8 Out Now!
The eighth episode of Exit Capitalism, Stage Left is out now. This podcast is supported by The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. We continue with our new format for this episode... Read More
Solidarity In The Workplace: Resources for Unionizing
Unions, throughout their history here in the U.S., have brought us things like the 8-hour workday, safer workplaces, family leave, and protections against discriminations based on race and sex. But th... Read More
Why Capitalism and Human Rights Don’t Mix: A Recommended Reading List
The history of capitalism is the history of exploitation – and exploitation and human rights cannot and do not coexist; they are inherently at odds with one another. That means that capitalism i... Read More
Mourning in a Capitalist, COVID, and Necropolitical World
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (the most English major source to cite, I know), mourning is (3.a.) “to feel or express sorrow, grief, or regret,” (4.a.) “to lament or grieve over a d... Read More
The History of Capitalism and Human Rights
The History of Capitalism is the History of Exploitation. In the early modern period, capitalism and oppressive power structures like racism, sexism, ableism, and classism (just to list a few) formed ... Read More