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January 2017
In this issue
"Repatriation" of overseas corporate cash -- clawback or backfire?
Andy Feeney
Some analysts think Trump's clawback scheme could yield big stock buybacks but little capital investment.
Westlake's fictional rogues have an un-ignorable correlation with our rogue-in-chief
Andy Feeney
For class-conscious readers with a little larceny in their souls, Westlake's novel may help chase away depression as Trump prepares to take office in Washington.
Book Review: "Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela"
Austin Kendall
Ciccariello-Maher's tome reviews how the communal state was built in Venezuela -- not only to expand democracy but to rebuff right-wing retrenchment.
DC's Museum of African American History and Culture is worth the wait
Bill Mosley
The Smithsonian's new addition reminds us how we got this far, and suggests how we might go further.
Trump's Puzzling and Under-Covered Excursion to Mexico
Carolyn M. Byerly
Trump's outreach to Mexico's business elite are better understood within a bigger historical frame, one defined by the very beginnings of neoliberalism.
The Salons of 2016 -- MDC DSA's Developing Role
Kurt Stand
Metro DC DSA's monthly Socialist Salon has sought to strike that middle ground by providing a pathway between gut responses and theoretical constructs.
DSA's relations are stronger than ever, but improvements remain
Kurt Stand and Carl Goldman
Two longtime DSA members offer a critique of labor-language used by DSA national.
Good Sources for Socialists - January 2017
Editorial Crew
A collection of good reads - organized just the way you like it.
A sometimes lyrical analysis of the future of work
Woody Woodruff
Should socialists glorify labor? Or instead emphasize the possibility of a world without it?