July 2024 Volume 48, Issue 06
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July 2024
Labor
Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue
Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero
Viewpoint
Exiting Prison With No Money, No Credit and No Way to Avoid Debt
Calvin John Smiley
Feminism, Debt and Organizing Against Argentina’s Far Right
Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero
875,000 Veterans, $382 Million in Medical Debt
Rory Fanning
Biden, Harris, Gaza and the Student Debt Smoke Screen
Braxton Brewington and Yousef Aljamal
The Future of Housing Organizing: Tenant Unions
Rose Lenehan and Tara Raghuveer
Feature
Who Would Want to Grow Old Only to Grow Poor?
Eleni Schirmer
"You Are Not A Loan!" Introducing the Nation's First Debtors' Union
Hannah Appel and Astra Taylor
What Is the World We Are Imagining Beyond Debt?
Jalil Mustaffa Bishop
Dispatch
The Farmers Who Can’t Afford Farms
Joseph Bullington
Borders and the Exchange of Humans for Debt
Heba Gowayed
Interview
Departments
Debtor Organizing Can Transform Our Individual Financial Struggles Into a Source of Collective Strength
J. Patrick Patterson
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Dispatch
The Farmers Who Can’t Afford Farms
Thirty-eight percent of young farmers—including 62% of young Black farmers—have student debt, which can make it impossible to take on farm loans.
Joseph Bullington
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Dispatch
Borders and the Exchange of Humans for Debt
Borders and debt are new instruments of violence in a system that has had many names.
Heba Gowayed
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LaborInterview
Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue
A conversation with organizers across industries on how debt shapes the fight for worker power.
Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero
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ViewpointPalestineElection 2024
Biden, Harris, Gaza and the Student Debt Smoke Screen
President Biden has made appearances to be aligned with left-wing activists on student debt cancelation while holding back on his power to deliver it. How will Vice President Harris now approach the issue?
Braxton Brewington and Yousef Aljamal
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Interview
“It’s a system that’s rigged. It’s messed up, and we’re the ones that have to bear that burden."
At a jubilee in Leimert Park, Debt Collective spoke with residents from across Los Angeles about their debts. What we found was solidarity and resistance.
Maddy Clifford
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ComicsDepartments
New Comics: Drawing Against Debt
Comics on Debtor Organizing