Tim Libretti
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Libretti
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Opinion
Alito’s folly, part 1: SCOTUS Janus ruling undermines democracy
July 3, 2018Alito either misunderstands or simply disrespects democracy.
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Labor
Colin Kaepernick’s protest for….workplace democracy?
December 13, 2017While Colin Kaepernick has effectively been locked out of the National Football League, his kneeling protests continue to inspire controversy and comment.
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Arts
“Pilgrims”: New play asks questions about replicating utopian genocide
June 29, 2017As Sigmund Freud argued in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, we are unconsciously compelled to repeat or recreate the conditions or experiences of violence we have suffered.
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Culture
Aesthetics meets politics in Josephine Baker tribute
June 23, 2017Daryl Brooks continues the Black Ensemble Theater's tradition of exploring the way that music and artists have given consciousness to the experience of racial oppression.
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Opinion
CEO politicians try to run government like a corporation
April 17, 2017The CEO leadership styles of politicians like Trump and Illinois Governor Rauner provide a reminder of the lack of democracy we all experience everyday in the workplace.
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Opinion
Meritocratic thinking devalues all work: Job Talk series, part 3
December 31, 2016Karl Marx and Frederick Engels upended the meritocracy myth when they argued you should get what you need.
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Arts
Why Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater matters: Creativity in the age of Trump
December 31, 2016Celebrating 40 years of Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater, the only theater in the U.S. whose mission is to eradicate racism.
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Opinion
Work is more than a job: Job Talk series, part 2
December 28, 2016When we talk about jobs, as a culture, we tend to talk about what workers are given rather than what is taken from them or what they give to society.
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