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Against the Grain

Workers’ Stories, Political Games

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Max Haiven considers the relationship between board games and politics, and describes a new game he’s designed called Billionaires & Guillotines. He also talks about an initiative that resulted in a book featuring nine speculative-fiction stories written by current and former Amazon workers. The World After Amazon: Stories from Amazon Workers Billionaires & Guillotines and … Continued

Law & Disorder

Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Colette Ghunim

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Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this hour, we’re joined by formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, discussing his book Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, reflecting on his 21 years of incarceration, what it … Continued

UpFront

Canada Election Results; Plus, FBI Raid on University of Michigan Pro-Palestine Activists; And, Kashmiris Bear Brunt of India-Pakistan Political Tension

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00:08 — Luke Savage is a columnist for Jacobin and author of The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History. You can find him on Substack at lukewsavage.com. 00:20 — Nora, is a Master’s student at University of Michigan and a member of the Tahrir Coalition, a campus group campaigning … Continued