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“The primary antagonist of the traditional proletarian was the boss. The primary antagonistic of the precariat is the state. A precariat revolt (hopefully peaceful) will lead to a new distinctive ...

If the Garrison State isn’t already here, it’s sure to be here very soon. Wait and watch and observe the arrival of a suped-up American political and economic system buttressed anew by the military.

Indonesia’s protests in late August exposed a growing precariat frustrated by labour instability, economic inequality and political complacency. Prabowo’s current populist policies offer no durable ...

After we published our list of terms likely to loom large in this year's vocabulary, readers submitted their own nominations. Here's a sampling. This week we published a list of 9 global buzzwords ...