Tim Libretti

Tim Libretti teaches in the English Department at a public university in Chicago where he lives with his two sons.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Libretti

Opinion

Wealth and class are not determinants of intellect or governing ability
May 31, 2019 By Tim Libretti
Ocasio-Cortez here addresses a much larger tendency in U.S. culture which we talk about much less than we do racism or sexism – the practice of devaluing people on the basis of their occupation.
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Opinion

Voting rights for prisoners and the gasp heard ’round the world
May 7, 2019 By Tim Libretti
Voter suppression targeting African Americans and people of color is exclusively a Republican agenda, right? Not so fast.
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Books

‘The Man Who Fell from the Sky’, Bill Fletcher Jr.’s new crime novel
May 3, 2019 By Tim Libretti
With The Man Who Fell From the Sky, I can promise you’ll get the political punch and a riveting story.
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Opinion

For Ocasio-Cortez, creating democracy is the road to socialism
April 17, 2019 By Tim Libretti
Americans have no expectation (and don’t even ponder) experiencing democracy in the workplace. AOC challenges us to think again.
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Opinion

Media response to college admissions scandal reveals challenge of class struggle
March 21, 2019 By Tim Libretti
It's U.S. capitalism’s animating principle of meritocracy that creates, exacerbates, and apologizes for the class inequality that enables the privileged in their pursuit of more.
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Politics

Anti-worker venom fueled government shutdown
January 29, 2019 By Tim Libretti
Though the U.S. government has opened for business again, it is worthwhile to understand the anti-worker venom that motivated and prolonged Trump’s shutdown.
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Opinion

Universal Basic Income: Ruling class scam or step toward socialism?
December 19, 2018 By Tim Libretti
The idea of “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs” challenges any notion that the work people do should bear any relation to their ability to meet their needs.
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Opinion

On the road to socialism: What a people’s economics might look like
December 10, 2018 By Tim Libretti
It is worth pointing out that General Motors’ recent announcement of it 14,000 job cuts once again demonstrates the grand boondoggle of trickle-down economics.
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