July 2023 – Rock Salted

Kevin Hall et al. – Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

Link to an article by Kevin Hall et al.:

“Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake”

Bonus links: “Ultra-Processed Food: The Profitable Filth Capitalism Feeds Us” and “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023” and “Industry-influenced Study of the Week: Ultra-processed Foods are Good for You!” (see also: “Industry-funded Research #4: Why it Matters”)

Oliver Franklin-Wallis – What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate

Link to an article by Oliver Franklin-Wallis (excerpted from the book Wasteland):

“What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate”

Carola Kleinert – Review of Die Insel (The Island)

Review by Carola Kleinert of the book Die Insel by Franziska Grillmeier:

“Die Insel (The Island): A harrowing account of the European Union’s murderous refugee policy”

Erica Cirino – Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies

Link to an article by Erica Cirino:

“Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies”

Bonus link: “Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health — Pesticides, Plastics, Forever Chemicals, and Beyond” and “Twenty Years of Microplastics Pollution Research—What Have We Learned?”

Vijay Prashad – The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty

Link to an article by Vijay Prashad:

“The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty”

Gary Wilson – Deadly Hazards of Capitalist Profit System

Link to an article by Gary Wilson:

“Deadly Hazards of Capitalist Profit System: Global Heat Soars, Wildfires Spread Toxic Smoke”

Prabhat Patnaik – Is What We Have “Crony Capitalism”?

Link to an article by Prabhat Patnaik:

“Is What We Have ‘Crony Capitalism’?”

Summer Pappachen – The Marxist Theory of the State: An Introduction

Link to an article by Summer Pappachen:

“The Marxist Theory of the State: An Introduction”

Jayati Ghosh – Debtors of the World, Unite!

Link to an interview of Jayati Ghosh conducted by Liam Kennedy:

“Debtors of the World, Unite!”

Sonali Kolhatkar – Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits

Link to an article by Sonali Kolhatkar:

“Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits”

(isn’t interest in A.I. primarily that of a fantasy of legal slavery?)

Bonus link: “The Dystopian AI Future Some Fear Is the Present-Day Reality Others Live”