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Women Outnumber Men in the US Workforce–What Does it Mean?
phillynews215 11/17/2023
Katherine Moos discusses December’s employment data, which shows that for the second time in history women outnumber men in the U.S. workforce. The first time was during the Great Depression. Women still earn less than…
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How Capitalism’s Structural and Ideological Crisis Gives Rise to Neo-Fascism
phillynews215 11/16/2023 43 Comments on How Capitalism’s Structural and Ideological Crisis Gives Rise to Neo-Fascism
Globalization sociologist William I. Robinson explains how global capitalism has been mired in a structural crisis since the 1970s, but especially since 2008, which has also led to a crisis of legitimacy, giving rise to…
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Is Trump’s Impeachment Merely a Fight Within the US Ruling Class?
phillynews215 11/16/2023
Once we understand how Trump and Trumpism came about, as a reaction to capitalism’s global crisis, we can see how the impeachment battle is really a battle for dominance within the US ruling class, says…