The Chronicles of Haiphong

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Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Watching the Shutters of Austerity Close

Ghost Stories of Capitalism: Watching the Shutters of Austerity Close

My time at a War on Poverty program provided an inside-look into the ravages of neoliberal capitalism that continue to devastate the poor and working class.

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National Welfare Rights Organization activists marching in Washington, DC, May 1968.
National Welfare Rights Organization activists marching in Washington, DC, May 1968. Credit: Jack Rottier Collection/George Mason University Libraries

In 2013, I was a recent college graduate looking for my first “real” job as an adult. I had majored in social work and my $25,000 in student loans were quickly coming due. After three months in an AmeriCor…

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