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From Luddite sabotage and Thomas Carlyle, to Latin American dependistas and the modern degrowth movement, our book of the week chronicles the global history of capitalism through the eyes of its critics. By John Cassidy on Farrar,Straus&Giroux buff.ly/6b2Uoue

For decades, fossil fuel giants consciously chose planetary degradation for profit. Our hidden gem of the week reveals the industry's long campaign of political obstruction to derail climate action. By Kathy Mulvey, Seth Shulman et al. at Union of Concerned Scientists buff.ly/GIE0lW7

René Girard has become a strange reference point on the American right, especially for Peter Thiel. But, as our essay of the week argues, Thiel twists Girard's humanism into a pretext for dismantling liberal norms. By Paul Leslie in Salmagundi Magazine buff.ly/jnPZP3t

"Abolish the family" is a rigorous demand that exposes the nuclear family as key to capitalist patriarchy. Our Spanish pick of the week calls for socialized care and lives freed from genetic or market dictates. Feat. Nuria Alabao ⭐️ at Centro Cultural La Malagueta buff.ly/Zi8ITIc

Africa in the 19th century was a crucible of indigenous revolutionary change. Focusing on a stretch of road in Tanzania, our podcast of the week examines how African political and economic agency shaped the continent's future. With Richard Reid buff.ly/SEDkXuy

Our video of the week probes the gap between legal demands and citizens’ real-world capacity. It shows how ancient reforms and modern court battles reveal when laws overreach—and how those boundaries are redrawn. Feat. Annabel Brett at UC Berkeley Events buff.ly/VWEnKYl

To Alfred Sohn-Rethel, Naples formed an antithesis to the reifying logic of capitalist modernity. Our article of the week charts the city's "plebian creativity" from early unruliness to TikTok. By Adam Arvidsson, Vincenzo Luise & Luca Recano in European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) buff.ly/yDzPLd2

Focusing on the little-known origins of the Schengen Agreement, this dialogue reveals a project rooted in diplomatic opacity, heightened surveillance, and the violent fortification of external borders against postcolonial migrants. With Isaac Stanley-Becker buff.ly/JfmWRnE

In the 1920s, “Red Vienna” became an experiment in marrying socialism and sports. This conversation shows how socialist organizers created a workers' football league as a counter to bourgeois-dominated football. With Gabriel Kuhn on The Assistant Professor of Football buff.ly/JbseB3W

This talk unearths the revolutionary essence of jazz and its evolution from African American roots. Jazz, the speaker argues, was born of struggle, inflected with dissonance, rebellion, and dreams of liberation. Feat. Adam Shatz at The American Academy in Berlin buff.ly/MrHgha3

George Minden's “CIA book program" smuggled millions of banned books behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Our book of the week investigates how the printed word became a weapon against Soviet censorship. By Charlie English on Random House Group buff.ly/U7FPJ76

Government use of AI risks institutionalizing disrespect, undermining legitimacy and democratic equality. Our hidden gem of the week examines how AI’s adoption in public administration alters the fabric of the citizen-state relationship. By Pascal König osf.io/pua4s