Economic Justice


Poverty, by America
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy
Break 'em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (Justice, Power, and Politics)
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition
Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics
Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement (Justice, Power, and Politics)
A Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiProgressive Muslims by Omid Safi"Believing Women" in Islam by Asma BarlasArab and Arab American Feminisms by Rabab AbdulhadiVoices of Resistance by Sarah Husain
Progressive Islam
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There is one more salient feature of neoliberalism that is essential in identifying it in the wild: fake social progressivism. This is one of its most sinister traits, because it helps unjust institutions appear benevolent and forward-thinking... You'll notice that tendency over and over; an institution that is inherently hierarchical and unjust tries to defuse criticisms through superficial changes. A corporation, for instance, will not increase the rights of its ordinary workers or eliminate r ...more
Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

Naomi Klein
When governments talk of truth and reconciliation, and then push unwanted infrastructure projects, please remember this: There can be no truth unless we admit to the 'why' behind centuries of abuse and land theft. And there can be no reconciliation when the crime is still in progress. Only when we have the courage to tell the truth about our old stories will the new stories arrive to guide us. Stories that recognize that the natural world and all its inhabitants have limits. Stories that teach ...more
Naomi Klein, On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal

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