https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/07/03/ecosocialist-bookshelf-july-2023/
Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Six important new books for reds and greens…
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/harry-braverman-labor-and-monopoly-capital-artifical-intelligence-labor-process-production
Almost 50 years ago, metalworker and economist Harry Braverman published Labor and Monopoly Capitalism. It showed how bosses use technology to disempower workers — but that by taking control of the labor process, workers can free themselves from drudgery.
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/uk-housing-crisis-labour-party-homeownership-policy-mortgage-public-housing
A government willing to confront the housing crisis head-on, rather than focusing on fostering owner occupation and the numbers game of maximizing private house-building, would do better to invest in quality public housing.
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/ups-part-time-workers-teamsters-union-strike-working-conditions-pay
In 1997, the central slogan of the Teamsters’ UPS strike was “Part-Time America Won’t Work.” Today, as the Teamsters weigh another UPS strike, part-time workers at the company say their pay and working conditions are still unbearable.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/living-on-the-planet-of-the-apes
https://socialistproject.ca/2023/07/human-rights-and-housing/
“Shelter and housing can and should be a basic human right,” said Pastor Mark, invoking also John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ to move his audience to continue the
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/whats-wrong-with-liberal-corporate-media
It was bad. Now it's gotten worse.
https://newpol.org/shifting-focus-organizing-for-an-ecosocialist-future/
Akuno's advice on how to build social movements consistent with our ecosocialist values
https://undark.org/2023/06/28/the-invisible-effect-medical-notes-could-have-on-care/
Doctors sometimes describe their patients negatively. How does that affect their treatment down the line?
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/french-left-racist-police-violence-riots-protest
France’s left has often failed to speak up for marginalized minorities. But after the backlash over the police murder of 17-year-old Nahel, left-wing parties have taken a clear stance, refusing to condemn rioters and insisting their anger is justified.
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