Jacobin interviewed leftist screenwriter Paul Laverty about the core question behind “The Old Oak,” his final collaboration with director Ken Loach: How does one traumatized community react when it ends up side by side with another? jacobin.com/2024/04/ken-lo…

Ken Loach’s longtime screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to Jacobin about their final collaboration on “The Old Oak,” which follows Syrian refugees and ex-miners in Northeast England, and why the working class remains the last hope for justice in the world. jacobin.com/2024/04/ken-lo…

In 1872, Friedrich Engels wrote The Housing Question, tying the working class’s perpetual housing crisis to the free market in Victorian England. The century and a half of housing crises since have proved Engels correct.
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In 2023, Pfizer made more than $27 billion in revenue and paid zero federal income tax. Like many other large US companies, it took advantage of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law, which widened existing loopholes and set off a tax-avoidance bonanza. jacobin.com/2024/04/pfizer…

We know the rich are getting richer, but what exactly are they doing with all those riches? Sociologist Ashley Mears examined one site of elite consumption: the world of VIP clubs and its rituals of garish waste and exploitation of women. jacobin.com/2024/04/models…

San Francisco’s groundbreaking Union at Home legislation encourages tenants to organize in their buildings the way employees organize at work. Housing activists in Berkeley are hoping their city will follow suit — but landlords are pushing back.
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Netflix’s series “Ripley,” the latest iteration of Patricia Highsmith’s murderous con man from “The Talented Mr Ripley,” is an arty, inert snooze. Its flat portrayal of the title character doesn’t come close to the novels or other fantastic adaptations.
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Today post-1945 Italy is often presented as an age of anti-fascist hegemony. But Cold War Italy was no paradise for the Left — and neorealist filmmakers and writers had to resist Church censorship and right-wing hegemony over the country’s culture. jacobin.com/2024/04/postwa…

Pfizer is one of the world’s most profitable pharmaceutical companies. Yet in 2023, it paid less in federal income taxes than the average American household. jacobin.com/2024/04/pfizer…

In an interview, we spoke with sociologist Ashley Mears about her experiences and research in the world of exclusive nightclubs, where ultrarich clients exploit models to flaunt their status. jacobin.com/2024/04/models…

Laws enshrining a right to tenant organizing can help unionized renters redress the unequal power dynamics of the housing sector. A ballot measure for such legislation in Berkeley, California, is drawing the real estate lobby’s ire.
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While Republicans cry “invasion” and Democrats placate them with hard-line border policy, immigrants languish in prisons or die in dangerous passage. A rational approach to immigration must address the causes of displacement and protect those who migrate.
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With its fancy cinematography, high-toned Italian settings, and solemn acting style, Netflix’s new series “Ripley” practically beats you over the head with its bid to be received as art.
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Targeted by conservative forces in the Church and government, neorealist writers and filmmakers in postwar Italy escaped censorship by winning international accolades, using their talent to change the tides of culture. jacobin.com/2024/04/postwa…

Pfizer paid no federal income taxes in 2023. It’s not alone: more than 100 of the country’s most profitable corporations have completely dodged the federal income tax in at least one year since Donald Trump’s tax cuts were enacted. jacobin.com/2024/04/pfizer…

In 2023, Pfizer made more than $27 billion in revenue and paid zero federal income tax. Like many other large US companies, it took advantage of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law, which widened existing loopholes and set off a tax-avoidance bonanza. jacobin.com/2024/04/pfizer…

The 1 percent are basically lighting piles of money on fire in the club. jacobin.com/2024/04/models…

We know the rich are getting richer, but what exactly are they doing with all those riches? Sociologist Ashley Mears examined one site of elite consumption: the world of VIP clubs and its rituals of garish waste and exploitation of women. jacobin.com/2024/04/models…

San Francisco’s  “Union at Home” legislation establishes a right for tenants to organize enforced by tenants themselves, using rent as a point of leverage with landlords. In nearby Berkeley, tenant organizers are pushing for similar measures.
jacobin.com/2024/04/berkel…

San Francisco’s groundbreaking Union at Home legislation encourages tenants to organize in their buildings the way employees organize at work. Housing activists in Berkeley are hoping their city will follow suit — but landlords are pushing back.
jacobin.com/2024/04/berkel…