Author: Christoph Hermann
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Commodification, Capitalism and Alternatives
The critical analysis of commodification begins from the turning of every human need into a priced good sold in a capitalist market, notably the sale of certain goods such as … Keep reading »
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Life After the Pandemic /w Christoph Hermann
From Production for Profit to Provision for Need. Part of the Socialist Register series “Beyond Digital Capitalism.” Watch video »
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Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism
When it was first published in German in 2017, Ulrich Brand’s and Markus Wissen’s book The Imperial Mode of Living attracted widespread attention and was discussed in mainstream media, while, … Keep reading »
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The California Disaster: What is the Link Between Wildfires and the Coronavirus?
I live in the San Francisco-Bay Area outside of Berkeley. Following the COVID-19 outbreak we went into shelter-in-place in March and officially never left after a second wave in early … Keep reading »
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Fifteen Years of Postal Service Liberalization in Europe
The Precarization of Employment and Working Conditions In 2013, a fifteen year process of the liberalization of postal services in the European Union came to a preliminary end as the last … Keep reading »
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European Trade Unions and the Struggle for Public Services
The public sector is a key battleground for a progressive trade union strategy and for an alternative to neoliberalism in Europe. On the one hand the existence of a public … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism and the End of Shorter Work Hours
While in previous crises shorter work hours were discussed as a measure to combat growing unemployment, an astonishing feature of the current economic downturn from 2007 on was that work … Keep reading »