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Eve Ottenberg
Eve Ottenberg is a novelist and journalist. Her latest novel is Old Man Alone. She can be reached at her website.
Climate change ā caused primarily by capitalismās incessant burning of fossil fuels ā is happening faster than even the most pessimistic scientists…
Itās been a good year for labor organizing at Starbucks
Wild-eyed speculation about the Kremlinās intentions has so far run aground on Russiaās apparent reluctance to engage in a shooting war that could spiral into a full-on nuclear holocaust
Thereās only one answer to labor scarcity: pay higher wages. Or donāt ā and watch neoliberal capitalism crumble
Workers in the U.S. faced a lousy choice at the height of the pandemic ā starve or get sick and possibly die. Workers in China would rightly consider this barbaric. And so would their leaders
Over 2 million homeowners are behind on their mortgage payments
This naked attempt to force people back to work for miserable pay brings to mind nineteenth century workhouses, where luckless folk moiled for pennies
U.S. corporate media sees nothing but shameless self-promotion in Chinaās assistance to poor countries. But, right or wrong, others see the benefits of socialism. Some might even call it generosity