Corey Payne is a research fellow at the Arrighi Center for Global Studies. He has a PhD in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.
After Silicon Valley Bank’s near collapse, commentators rightly focused on the unfairness of state intervention for an institution that had acted irresponsibly. But little attention was paid to the role that banks like SVB play in financing US militarism.
Universities use subcontracting to distance themselves from their low-wage employees’ needs.
Cuba’s left contends with both growing capitalist forces and an authoritarian state.