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We can’t burn our way to a better Walmart
The case of the Veterans Order is more evidence that lone wolf vigilantism is a poor substitute for strategic battles against capital.
Ryan Zickgraf
Mar 19
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Riding the Third Rail
Here's what's in store for 2022.
Ryan Zickgraf
Jan 10
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The struggle for the history of class struggle
At a time when history is contested, some figures are more hidden than others.
Ryan Zickgraf
Dec 7, 2021
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Halloween is the canary in the coal mine of our civic decline
Trick-or-treating participation is a good measure of community and neighborhood trust. The 2021 numbers are bad.
Ryan Zickgraf
Nov 1, 2021
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Let them eat Buttigieg
The Democrats' parental leave policy could be gone but the liberal media insists that Pete's leave will magically nudge America to the Promised Land.
Ryan Zickgraf
Oct 26, 2021
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The global super-elite rule the world and we have the receipts [Unlocked]
It's not a conspiracy theory if proof of the plutocracy's corruption and domination is everywhere.
Ryan Zickgraf
Oct 15, 2021
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The global super-elite rule the world and we have the receipts
It's not a conspiracy theory if proof of the plutocracy's corruption and domination is everywhere.
Ryan Zickgraf
Oct 14, 2021
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Ready, Planet One?
Ernest Cline's cringe-worthy cyberpunk novel is the literary dystopia we deserve.
Ryan Zickgraf
Oct 1, 2021
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The political awakening of Michael K. Williams
The late actor's activism was stubbornly local and focused on substantive change over symbolism.
Ryan Zickgraf
Sep 8, 2021
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Larry the Fable Guy
A liberal think-tanker blames the South for colonizing the rural North and ushering in Trumpism.
Ryan Zickgraf
Sep 2, 2021
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The "Great Awakening" isn't trickling down to local politics
Even a former NBA champ can't draw votes in a recent municipal election in Mobile, AL.
Ryan Zickgraf
Aug 31, 2021
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An anti-Hillbilly Elegy
Why the memoir I wrote for Jacobin isn't like the kind you'd read from J.D. Vance
Ryan Zickgraf
Aug 25, 2021
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