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Eric Garner, the Informal Economy, and the System’s War on Those Who Depend On It

Paul Wasserman

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When Eric Garner was murdered by New York City police in July 2014, the cops had targeted him on suspicion of selling โ€œloosiesโ€ โ€“ single cigarettes taken from illegally untaxed cigarette packs. Witnesses claimed that Garner ...

And the Wrecking Ball Best of All!

Matt Capri

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My temp assignment as the inmate law librarian of a county jail promised to be an encounter with the unknown. Up until that point Iโ€™d worked in many different kinds of libraries, but this was the ...

On the Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s Death

Mike Morgan

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I was born in 1955, right around the time that Elvis Presley broke out in Memphis, Tennessee. ย Throughout my childhood, Elvis was an essential feature, a guiding light.ย  I grew up with The Rolling Stones, Bob ...

I Quit!: On Leaving My Social Work Job During the Pandemic

Hard Crackers Editors

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In previous interviews, we have highlighted the challenges of working during a global pandemic, including the fears and anxieties of ordinary workers. While many have continued to work with little protection, rearranging their lives to accommodate ...

What is Happening in South Africa?

Abahlali baseMjondolo

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We are reprinting a statement from the group Abahlali baseMojondolo dated July 13, 2021.ย  Abahlali is a grassroots organization that represents shack dwellers, squatters and poor people in and around the east coast port of eThekwini ...

A Few Thoughts on the Euro 2020/2021 Football Contest

The Left Hook

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Itโ€™s been a bit of a lifesaver, telly wise.ย  The alternatives, mostly bad news, have been Bidenโ€™s bipartisan and useless or harmful this and that, and a collapsed building in Floridaโ€ฆand rotten weather, never rule that ...

Michigan Deluge? Capitalist Catastrophe

Chris Alexander

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For all that donโ€™t know, and most outside of the region (Detroit, southeast Michigan and mid-Michigan) donโ€™t know because the national media has had little to no coverage, we were hit really hard by a serious ...

โ€œLike Hell on Earth:โ€ former steelworker shares reflections, reviews Finally Got the News and Noel Ignatievโ€™s Acceptable Men

My friend Bill retired to Bisbee after working in the Detroit steel mills for decades. When I got my copy of Noel Ignatievโ€™s Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World, I shared ...

A Few Bad Apples

JF

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Since the George Floyd Rebellion last summer it has become common practice to paint all police officers in the United States with a single brush. The average American used to believe that most cops were just ...

An Appeal for Solidarity to Hard Crackers Readers

Margot Spindelman

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Iโ€™m writing to you to ask for your solidarity and for you to join a gas bill strike, withholding a part of your National Grid gas bill and refusing to pay to be poisoned. National Grid, ...