The Immortality Hustle
Silicon Valley’s quest to achieve eternal life is pure quackery. But it reveals much about the antidemocratic pathologies of the global superrich.
20407 Article(s) by: Opal Lee
Opal Lee is a writer.
Fair-Weather Friends
Social security is once again a third rail of American politics. History tells us that might not last for long.
Company Towns
There is money to be made in end-of-life amusements for wealthy retirees.
Issue 51: Letters
Join our thriving community of letter writers.
Frozen in Time
The rich have it so good that one lifetime is not enough: some of them are turning to cryonics in the hopes of someday coming back for more.
Doing Well While Doing Good
In unionized nursing homes, both patients and staff have better outcomes.
Workers Are Striking at Australia’s Supermarket Duopoly
Australia’s largest supermarkets are posting billion-dollar profits while their employees are struggling to pay rent. Now, a national strike of supermarket workers is pushing back.
Sebastiano Timpanaro Is the Freethinking Marxist Today’s Left Needs
Italian Marxist Sebastiano Timpanaro published a dazzling, unconventional series of works, ranging from the natural sciences to the problem with Freud’s psychological theories. Timpanaro’s versatility and heterodox spirit should be an example for today’s left.
Issue 51: The Internet Speaks
For just $1,000,000, upload your consciousness to our comments section
Nursery Rhymes
The problem of age in the workplace used to tend in the other direction.
One Last Job
Many great directors lose their fastballs. But a few legends have managed to buck that trend, turning in some of their best work in their twilight years.
Texas’s Governor Is Trying to Destroy Public Education — and Dim Those Friday Night Lights
Texas governor Greg Abbott is on a crusade against public education. But even rural Republicans aren’t going along with his privatization scheme, recognizing the threat it poses to youth education, adult employment, and Texas’s beloved football teams.
Azerbaijan Has Conquered Karabakh, but the Conflict Still Isn’t Over
Azerbaijan’s brutal offensive in Karabakh has killed hundreds and forced countless Armenians to flee their homes. And its expansionist agenda isn’t over yet.
Canada’s New Centrist Party Is the World’s Most Pointless Political Party
In Canada, a business class brain trust is launching a new centrist party for the upcoming election. With workers suffering multiple crises in housing and household debt, Canada needs a new centrist party like it needs a hole in the head.
A Newly Translated Novel Captures the Tragedy of Greek Communism
Written in 1972, during Greece’s military junta, leftist Marios Chakkas’s recently translated novel The Commune is a mournful testament from a world where the stakes of politics were communism or fascism, democracy or dictatorship.
Is Capitalism Terminally Ill?
A debate between Seth Ackerman and Aaron Benanav on the prognosis for capitalism: Is it experiencing the kind of long-run stagnation that many Marxists have long regarded as its destiny? And what does the answer mean for socialist political strategy today?