Link to an article by Sarah Jaffe:
“Activists in Ferguson Broaden Scope, Unveil ‘Power Behind the Police'”
Bonus links: “A Long Time for Killing” and “The Politics of Mass Incarceration”
Links
Bouree Lam – Why “Do What You Love” Is Pernicious Advice
Link to an interview with Miya Tokumitsu, author of Do What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness (2015), by Bouree Lam:
“Why ‘Do What You Love’ Is Pernicious Advice”
Bonus links: “Forced to Love the Grind” and “Žižek!” and The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment
Jason Hickel – The Problem with Saving the World
Link to an article by Jason Hickel:
Christopher Brauchli – The Jump-Up-and-Down Congress
Link to an article by Christopher Brauchli:
Christos Tsiolkas – Greek Tragedy
Link to an article by Christos Tsiolkas:
“Greek Tragedy: Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s Economic Crisis”
Bonus links: “The Defeat of Europe” (“Whatever one thinks of our government, this episode will go down in European history as the moment when official Europe, using institutions and methods that no treaty legitimised (the Eurogroup, the Euro Summit, the threat of eviction from the eurozone), dealt a major blow to the ideal of an ever-closer democratic union. Greece capitulated, but it is Europe that was defeated.”) and “Europe’s Big Banks are Fueling the Continent’s Far-Right Fascists”
Norman Ball – Possible Future Shifts in Public Policy: Ten Questions for Lee Drutman
Link to an interview with Lee Drutman (author of The Business of America Is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate) by Norman Ball:
“Possible Future Shifts in Public Policy: Ten Questions for Lee Drutman”
Greg Fulton – Greece Succumbs to Imperialist Banksterism
Link to an article by Greg Fulton:
“Greece Succumbs to Imperialist Banksterism”
Bonus links: “A Problem Called Germany” and “Déjà Vu: Germany Tightens Its Economic Power Over Europe”
Eric Draitser – China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion
Link to an article by Eric Draitser:
“China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion”
Seth Ackerman – Yes, Racism Is Rooted in Economic Inequality
Link to an article by Seth Ackerman:
“Yes, Racism Is Rooted in Economic Inequality”
Bonus links: White Awareness (racism = prejudice + power) and The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Peter Frase – Intellectual Property and Pseudo-Innovation
Link to an article by Peter Frase: