Vandwelling
Lifestyle Minimalism and the Crisis of Capitalism

The growing search for ways to individually “opt out” of capitalist society is an indication of the historic impasse of this system.

Student Walkouts Reveal Demands for Broader Change

The high school walkouts have given voice to a range of social demands that go beyond the typical gun-control debate that has prevailed in Washington and the media.

Self-Improvement and Self-Care: Survival Tactics of Late Capitalism

The crisis of mental health is neither “human nature” nor the sum of millions of individual experiences. It is a systemic problem with a systemic solution. Nothing prevents us from creating an unimaginably superior world […]

Student Loans: Usurers Come For Their Pound of Flesh

The Student loan industry’s parasitism is matched by the Democratic Party’s unwillingness to take them on.

Trump’s Tax Plan and the Assault on Higher Education

The GOP tax plan passed by the House has the potential to plunge the American university system into crisis.

Higher Education = Higher Profits

Alan Woods discusses the current turbulence and volatility in the global economic, political, and social situation.

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Cuomo’s Excelsior Swindle

The “Excelsior Scholarship” is a sneaky attempt at austerity, disguised as a reform.

American Education: Separate and Unequal

In the ruling class’ attitude to public education, one can see the reflection of a system that has long outlived its usefulness. 

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South Africa: Rising Anger as Mass Student Protests Return

On Tuesday, September 20, mass student protests erupted across South Africa after Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that universities can raise tuition fees by up to 8% next year.

Childhood, Family, and the Decline of Capitalism

Childhood is supposed to be a simple, happy time, the ascendant years of a human’s life when the possibilities for the future are wide open. This heartfelt desire for a better future for your children has […]

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California Faculty Association’s “Fight for Five”

The California Faculty Association has begun the “Fight for Five” campaign after seeing faculty wages stagnate for ten years and real wages fall by up to 25% between 2004 and 2013.

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The Insanity of the Unpaid Internship

Up to one million residents of the US work at an unpaid internship every year.