Missing the Wood for the Palms
Palm Oil is a bracing and consistently engaging book. However, the pressure to ascribe agency to palm oil, and all the consumer goods in which it’s an ingredient, can lead to some eyebrow-raising claims.
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The Last Social Democrat
Despite its moral urgency, Judt's polemic struggles to explain the decline of social democracy – and his proposed solutions ultimately fall well short of addressing the systemic crises and injustices we face today.
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Workers have structural power, as the strike wave of 2022 demonstrated. But the working class remains weak and fragmented, and its politics are increasingly chaotic. What is to be done?
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