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The Fight for Prisoners’ Right to Read
The banning of books in prisons is a particular cruelty inflicted on the incarcerated. Alex Skopic spoke with some of the committed organizers on the outside who are working to fight bans and send books to prisoners.
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Sacrifice Networks: A Review of Max Haiven’s Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire
Alex Skopic reviews Max Haiven’s Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire, out now from Pluto Press. The grotesque history of this ubiquitous commodity offers a lens onto the environmental and human costs of imperialism and industry.
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The American Prison System’s War on Reading
Alex Skopic reports on widespread attempts to ban books and shrink U.S. prison libraries. The carceral system is aiming to both further immiserate prisoners and set up corporations like Barnes & Noble to profit from them.
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