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Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine

Latest in Topic: Economics

Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine

by Marco Rosaire Rossi | January 8, 2021

2020 was a year of murder. Murder rates were up across America’s major cities. In some places they reached horrifying peaks. In Los Angeles, over 300 people were murdered, a height not…

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Chicago’s Budgets Are an Exercise in Pain Management

Chicago’s Budgets Are an Exercise in Pain Management

by Marco Rosaire Rossi | December 4, 2020
The first time around, it was scotch and a cigar. That is how…
The Insidiousness of Networking

The Insidiousness of Networking

by Vivien Schwarz | November 20, 2020
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know is perhaps the most…
Class Enemy of the Week: Ken Griffin

Class Enemy of the Week: Ken Griffin

by Midwest Socialist | September 4, 2020December 3, 2020
Ken Griffin, the richest man in Illinois, is trying to keep the state…
RSL#10 Pain of the Pandemic Comes from Capitalism

RSL#10 Pain of the Pandemic Comes from Capitalism

by Midwest Socialist | June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
Hadas Thier, Author of A People's Guide to Capitalism (@HadasThier, @haymarketbooks), talks with…
RSL#01, Christian Zamarrón, Amazonians United

RSL#01, Christian Zamarrón, Amazonians United

by Midwest Socialist | April 22, 2020May 10, 2020
Red Star Live talks to Christian Zamarrón, who works for Amazon at its…
Join the Fight to Democratize ComEd

Join the Fight to Democratize ComEd

by Midwest Socialist | March 21, 2020March 21, 2020
Chicago’s contract with Commonwealth Edison — better known as ComEd, Chicago’s electric utility…
Energy Democracy in the Midwest: From Minneapolis to Chicago

Energy Democracy in the Midwest: From Minneapolis to Chicago

by Midwest Socialist | October 28, 2019October 28, 2019
Around the country, environmental activists are working to bring democracy to their cities'…
The Standard Economic Theory of Rent is Ideological Fiction

The Standard Economic Theory of Rent is Ideological Fiction

by Ron Baiman | October 22, 2019October 23, 2019
Introduction In this paper I will demonstrate: A) that the standard economics theory…

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