Learn Spanish - Cognates (ism to -ismo /...

y to ia irony to ironia; astronomy to astronomia; philosophy to filosofia (ph to f); etc. Require an accent over the stressed syllable 

in or -ine to -ina aspirin to aspirina; discipline to discipline; gasoline to gasolina; etc. ice to -ina office to oficina (one stingy 'f') 

id to -ido, solid to solido; mild to valido; timid to timido; etc. Require an accent over the stressed syllable. 

A Marxist Critique of Capitalism for 2024 - Core Issues: Labor, Surplus, Exploitation - Inequality and Injustice - Instability: Cycles and Crises - Alternatives to Capitalism Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Gl ... Show More

<p>James from <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBbylt9Rax3nOP_hyPnMPA">Prolekult</a> joins Breht to discuss Prolekult's expansive new documentary, which you can find for free on YouTube, called <em>"For Land: Capitalism as Extinction"</em>. Together, they discuss the d ... Show More

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<p>Todd McGowan joins the show once again, this time to discuss his newest book <a href= "https://cup.columbia.edu/book/pure-excess/9780231217590">"Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity".</a> Together, he and Breht discuss commodity fetishism, the tensions between Marxism and ... Show More

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