Link to an interview with Sole by Brendan McQuade:
“‘Artists are Part of the Working Class’: An Interview with Sole”
Bonus link: Solecast 21
Tag: Politics
Russell Mokhiber – Whistleblower Lawyers Counterattack Against DC Disciplinary Counsel
Link to an article by Russell Mokhiber:
“Whistleblower Lawyers Counterattack Against DC Disciplinary Counsel”
Wolfgang Streeck – Social Democracy’s Last Rounds
Link to an interview with Wolfgang Streeck conducted by Jonah Birch and George Souvlis:
“Social Democracy’s Last Rounds”
Streeck’s comments about inflation might be questionable.
Terry Eagleton – Utopias, Past and Present
Link to an article by Terry Eagleton:
“Utopias, Past and Present: Why Thomas More Remains Astonishingly Radical”
Ben Terrall – Raw Deals: Challenging the Sharing Economy
Link to reviews by Ben Terrall of the books What’s Yours is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy (2016) by Tom Slee and Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy” and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers (2015) by Steven Hill:
“Raw Deals: Challenging the Sharing Economy”
Bonus link: “Spam & What’s Yours Is Mine, Book Reviews: The Loss of Internet Innocence”
Steve Kolowich – The Water Next Time
Link to an interview with Marc Edwards by Steve Kolowich:
“The Water Next Time: Professor Who Helped Expose Crisis in Flint Says Public Science Is Broken”
Bonus links: “Flint’s Bottom Line” and “The Slow Death of the University”
Katja Kipping – What I Didn’t Read in the TTIP Reading Room
Link to an article by Katja Kipping:
The Political Compass – US Presidential Election 2016
Link to information on candidates from The Political Compass:
Herbert Deyer, Jr. – The First Demand for Slave Reparations
Link to an article by Herbert Deyer, Jr.:
“The First Demand for Slave Reparations”
Bonus Link: “Statement to the Media by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the Conclusion of Its Official Visit to USA, 19-29 January 2016” (“The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism, and racial inequality in the US remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent.“)
John Patrick Leary – Flint’s Bottom Line
Link to an article by John Patrick Leary:
Bonus links: “Flint: A Tale of Two Cities” and “A Pediatrician General Motors and the Flint Water Crisis” and “The Poisoning of Flint”