Not Solidarity

Not Who She Seems to Be

Ashley Abramson | Allure | 22nd January 2025 | U

Journalist's attempt to verify the expertise of a source sends her on a post-truth journey into the dark heart of the "slop-infested" internet. A therapist presented by a supposedly reliable portal for connecting writers with experts turns out not to exist at all. This discovery is just the tip of an iceberg made up of fakery, fuelled by the way that search engines rank results and products (4,600 words)

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Solidarity In Retreat

Luis Feliz Leon | n+1 | 4th February 2025 | U

Labour struggles in the US are historically fought along class lines, but in an era when "only one class is on a war footing" — the ruling elite — it is hard to see what unions can offer. Tempting as it is to give in to the forces of "nationalism, nativism, and protectionism" in the prevailing political weather, a more productive focus would be investment in "strike school", to teach the workers how to fight back (6,000 words)

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