From JacobinPine Island Announces $200 Million IPO After The Election, Projects COVID-Related Profits On November 16, two weeks after Election Day, Pine Island announced an initial public offering of $200 million in its new investment vehicle, called Pine Island Acquisition Corp. In that filing, … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Potential Biden Officials’ Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Administration Access
Social Justice/社会正義
What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
From JacobinDispelling the Fog The project in the “Outlines” is to dispel the fog of obfuscation, hypocritical self-interest, and moralizing displacement that underlies the theorizations of political economy. To do that Engels examines “the basic categories” — they are as “right” as they are … [Read more...] about What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
Friedrich Engels, a Thinker for Today
From JacobinThe Condition of the Working Class in England Engels’s 1845 study on The Condition of the Working Class in England is considered a classic today, and not only by leftists. Those working on empirical social studies view this text as a kind of forerunner for their own efforts. In fact, … [Read more...] about Friedrich Engels, a Thinker for Today
The Revolving Door: Biden's National Security Nominees Want Back In After Cashing Out Of Government Service
From CommonDreamsThe incoming Biden administration is facing a major test of transparency and ethics after the New York Times reported Saturday that three former government officials tapped to run President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team have been stakeholders at a private equity firm which is promising investors big profits off government business … [Read more...] about The Revolving Door: Biden's National Security Nominees Want Back In After Cashing Out Of Government Service
Israel’s Gift to Joe Biden, 52 Days Before He Even Takes Office: War with Iran
From CommonDreamsThe assassination of Tehran’s top nuclear scientist is a ploy by Israel to compel the likely US president-elect to reject diplomacy and choose military action to deal with Iran’s nuclear ambition. Which option will he choose? Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the shadowy father of Iran’s nuclear program; his existence, let alone his work, was barely … [Read more...] about Israel’s Gift to Joe Biden, 52 Days Before He Even Takes Office: War with Iran