Domestic violence in Aotearoa New Zealand is not an isolated or private phenomenon. It is a deeply political expression of alienation and systemic violence, shaped by capitalism, colonialism, and ...
Labor Day is a good time to reflect on ethics and the economy. Honest, hard-working people should be able to earn enough money to live decent lives. There is something corrupt about wealth that is ...
Yet it seems like no one wants to talk about what I see as the root cause of America’s economic malaise – work under contemporary capitalism is fundamentally flawed. As a political philosopher ...
In the first of the three loosely connected vignettes that make up Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness, a meek but devoted businessman crashes his car so he can spend a night at the hospital. This is ...
The human race lives in a terrible contradiction. Quite obviously, there is enough wealth to create a decent life for every person on the planet. Yet, billions suffer deprivation and are denied basic ...
Marx and Engels' profound quote reveals capitalism's cost: sacrificing life's richness for wealth. By limiting experiences like art, love, and thought to save, individuals become alienated from their ...
In this episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Capitalism and the mental health crisis, social worker, researcher and writer, Madeleine Ritts, researcher on mental health of Black communities, ...
Pyaasa stands as testament to the power of cinema to reflect the human condition and inspire social change. Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa, released in 1957, is “decidedly revelatory, deeply unnerving, ...
Last year, Céline Tshika’s satirical jingle calling out the absurdity of life under late-stage capitalism was all over social media. To be honest, it still lives in my head rent-free. Scroll through ...