Class derives from economics – actors are categorized into contending classes by their different circumstances and responsibilities in the economy. The ZNet topic, class, addresses the causes and implications of class differences and class conflict in general and in specific societies.
Letās consider a fact so stark it barely registers: the worldās five richest billionaires have more than doubled their wealth since 2020.…
Introduction Never before in human history has a small minority wielded this degree of control over the lives of the majority with…
Once class recedes and the professional class sets the agenda, politics changes character. It becomes a contest over symbols rather than substance,…
While most of Germanyās corporate leaders strongly supported Adolf Hitlerās Nazis, this changed in post-Nazi Germany after 1945. Today, German capitalism is…
āThe Left,ā in the singular, is a simplified expression of the diversity of leftist movements[1]. By āthe Left,ā I mean all organized…
This year and every year, we are reminded that the great liberation of Black people on Juneteenth 1865 is a call towards…
Last weekās SpaceX IPO made Elon Musk the worldās first trillionaire, despite the fact that the company has lost tens of billions…
An interview with Ann Larson about “Cleanup on Aisle Five” I have always found grocery stores fascinatingāboth as endpoints of a staggering…
Introduction: A Tradition That Forgot Itself I write these essays not as an enemy of the left but as someone who believes…
I am asked a lot to explain what social class is, which is completely understandable, given that I was the person to…
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