5LL #168 - Disasters, Inclusion, Marx, Blair Mountain, Nature

Catastrophe Capitalism: An Interview with Peer Illner
Brian Whitener and Peer Illner, The New Inquiry

The response to state austerity must go beyond absorbing its outsourced labor.

The Apolitical Passivity of "Inclusion"
John Patrick Leary, The New Republic

It’s a toothless word that shies away from the root causes of inequality.

The Communist Manifesto Is Still Haunting the Powerful
Yolanda Díaz, Jacobin

Yolanda Díaz, labor minister in Spain’s first left-wing coalition since the 1930s, writes on why The Communist Manifesto is still today the sharpest critique of capitalist society.

The Singing Left
Kim Kelly, The Baffler

Music and struggle at the Blair Mountain centennial.

Nature Fakers
Leo Kim, Real Life

Shows like Planet Earth bring us further from the natural world than ever.

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