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Only downside of tonight is Jim Dolan being mentioned first and gets to hold the trophy first. I'd be fine with Leon or Brown getting it before the players, but that guy put us through hell.
Socialize the Knicks
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The UFC White House fight is a spectacle not only of glorified belligerence but also of elite power-brokerage.
Rarely does a singular event so tightly converge the political, social, and economic forces that define an era of politics. jacobin.com/2026/06/ufc-free…
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It’s common to find explanations of China’s economic dynamism and harsh work culture in its supposed Confucian values.
A new book reveals how much China has in common with the brutal capitalism of Victorian England and early 20th century America. jacobin.com/2026/06/literatu…
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This Sunday, Belgian trade unionists will protest a government that is slashing welfare while stepping up military spending.
Even as European leaders distance themselves from Donald Trump, they are imitating his agenda at home. jacobin.com/2026/06/eu-milit…
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UFC Freedom 250 isn’t just a birthday party for Donald Trump.
It’s a gathering of the fight-sport industry’s biggest power brokers — private equity, the Saudi government, and media elites — at the seat of American power. jacobin.com/2026/06/ufc-free…
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China has witnessed the greatest stretch of growth and poverty alleviation in human history, made possible by the brutal exploitation of millions of workers.
A new book recounts one of their lives, offering a glimpse into the dark side of China’s success. jacobin.com/2026/06/literatu…
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Young people around Europe are resisting the call to enlist in the army.
This Sunday’s “Welfare not warfare” protest in EU capital Brussels is about defending decent living standards, and a life as something other than cannon fodder. jacobin.com/2026/06/eu-milit…
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Beneath the spectacle of fighters beating each other bloody on the White House South Lawn, fight promoters, tech billionaires, and the Saudi government are working to concentrate wealth and power in fewer, richer hands. jacobin.com/2026/06/ufc-free…
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A memoir by the Chinese worker-poet Xiao Hai offers a bracing look into the lives of the millions of workers facing brutal exploitation during the country’s gilded age. jacobin.com/2026/06/literatu…
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The Pentagon Papers first leaked 55 years ago today.
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh wrote in Jacobin about his relationship with Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon Papers and exposed the scope of US crimes in Southeast Asia. jacobin.com/2023/03/seymour-…
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The Belgian Workers’ Party is the strongest rising force on Europe’s radical left.
Its general secretary Peter Mertens writes for Jacobin on his party’s fight against the EU’s rearmament plans. jacobin.com/2026/06/eu-milit…
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On this day in 1971, the first excerpts of the Pentagon Papers appeared in print.
They provided a pointed challenge to Henry Kissinger's conception of himself and his role in history. jacobin.com/2015/09/vietnam-…
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A small but important segment of the New Left “turned to industry,” getting jobs in steel, auto, and elsewhere to build a militant current in the US labor movement.
The Rank-and-File Project is aiming to build a similar current of democratic, militant unionism today. jacobin.com/2026/06/rank-and…
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The Palm Springs School for Social Research wants to revitalize historical materialism, revive ideology critique, and ask big questions about social life.
We talked to one of its founders, Catherine Liu, about gangster capitalism and the future of socialism. jacobin.com/2026/06/liu-cult…
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One of Africa’s top teams, Senegal has good reason to look forward to the World Cup.
But the US government has put up major barriers to its fans and journalists visiting the country, in a policy of deep discrimination against Senegalese citizens. jacobin.com/2026/06/senegal-…
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For decades, the rules of the global economy — and the economics discipline — seemed fixed.
But now, with Donald Trump’s help, the edifice is collapsing.
We talked to heterodox economist Ha-Joon Chang to understand dying dogmas and emerging alternatives. jacobin.com/2026/06/chang-ec…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making a record-breaking IPO today.
For the occasion, the SEC exempted Wall Street brokersfrom consumer protection rules — potentially jeopardizing the assets of investors, including 401(k)s and pensions, if markets are volatile. jacobin.com/2026/06/musk-spa…
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Döner is one of Germany’s favorite fast-food meals, but workers processing the meat for the skewers are badly paid.
Now they’ve won their first ever collective agreement, after a 12-day strike waged by a multinational workforce. jacobin.com/2026/06/doner-wo…
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The Rank-and-File Project aims to get socialists to organize on the shop floor as rank-and-file workers, to help revitalize unions as part of a broader strategy of rebuilding working-class organizations. jacobin.com/2026/06/rank-and…
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