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Let’s Talk Money: Financial Arguments for Divesting Creighton’s Endowment from Fossil Fuels

by: Mike Galeski Above: Creighton’s Panel “Seeking Hope: Intentional and Ignatian Responses to the Global Climate Crisis”. Photo by Chelsea Nicholson. Let us forget Creighton’s Jesuit mission for a moment. Let us pretend that Australia is not a red haze of smoke and one billion animals did not just die. Let us ignore the millions of climate refugees, the drought, the famine, the political instability, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Money: Financial Arguments for Divesting Creighton’s Endowment from Fossil Fuels

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Ad Majorem Petroleum Gloriam: Why is Creighton acting against students’ climate referendum?

By the Triumph Editors In the Spring of 2019, a number of students at Creighton organized in hopes to pressure the University to divest its endowment—donated funds which are invested in a number of sectors—from fossil fuels. The first thrust began with a small group of students, who, after being told they needed ‘the numbers’ to write legislation around divestment, arranged a meeting with Creighton’s … Continue reading Ad Majorem Petroleum Gloriam: Why is Creighton acting against students’ climate referendum?

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Forest of Love: Maximalism Done Right

by Taylor Thornburg Shakespeare, suicide pacts, and a tube top that says simply “Seinfeld and Chill”—this is just the tip of the iceberg for those brave enough to stream Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono’s latest feature Forest of Love (2019) on Netflix. Forest of Love stars Japanese screen favorites Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hinami, and Shinnosuke Mitsushima. Like much of Sion Sono’s earlier works, a succinct summary … Continue reading Forest of Love: Maximalism Done Right

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When Stars Align: A materialist perspective on astrology

By MC Raterman What does the science of Marxism tell us about astrology? For some communists, Marxism was the endpoint on a journey through New Atheism, skepticism, and vulgar materialism, with an accompanying summary dismissal of astrology. Whether truth or fiction, astrology is doubtless all around us; many find it meaningful to varying degrees, regardless of how much they ‘buy into it’. We ought to … Continue reading When Stars Align: A materialist perspective on astrology

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What is a social construct?

By Pat Reilly Oftentimes, we seem to have conflicting intuitions about social reality. Just what are the social roles we fill and the social categories we fall into? On the one hand, there is frequently a strong intuition to conclude that social reality is a construct, and therefore less than real in some sense. On the other hand, our social roles, identities, and relations seem … Continue reading What is a social construct?

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No love for the weekend

By Erika B. Some might say that Tacocat’s song “I Hate the Weekend” fails to credit the hard work the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union put into earning the five-day work week. However, I say that the song brings to light the incredible need for a revolution of social reproduction. The Tacocat line, “They were made for the working stiff / With a … Continue reading No love for the weekend

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Lincoln hosts second annual socialist conference

by Erika B. A deeper shade of red is sweeping over the middle part of the United States as working-class folks in the Midwest and Great Plains are continually let down by the Republican nominees currently in power. An urgency to organize for working class power has been demonstrated by some of the most radical movements in the U.S. today taking place in right-to-work, “Republican … Continue reading Lincoln hosts second annual socialist conference

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The more things change … : Looking back at Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

By MC Raterman Last month, as I was selling back issues of The Triumph to raise funds for Feed the People, I found myself cautiously explaining our projects to a patron of the Gifford Park Neighborhood Market. I prudently described the “anti-capitalist” politics of FTP and labeled The Triumph as a “working class publication”. Suddenly, the word “Socialist” slipped out of my mouth, and the … Continue reading The more things change … : Looking back at Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

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ICE can use at least 33 jails in Nebraska, local law profits

By Mark Honey In Dakota County, jailing migrants is making bank for the Sheriff’s office. Sheriff Chris Kleinberg brought in more than $60k in January alone through two deals with immigration agencies, the ACLU-Nebraska reports. That apparently isn’t enough for the Republican Sheriff, who sent an email to ICE asking, “How is it possible that those removals are so low, when there are so many … Continue reading ICE can use at least 33 jails in Nebraska, local law profits

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Ode to Joy: Artist finds inspiration, fulfillment in community, trans experience

by Phil Gillen “Sometimes I just have an idea of something that’s like, super dumb, and I want to go do it in real life. And then because I have an art degree, I call that Art. And they let me have a gallery space to do stupid things in.” Michael Johnson doesn’t take themselves too seriously. Self-deprecating and approachable to a fault, the Omaha-based … Continue reading Ode to Joy: Artist finds inspiration, fulfillment in community, trans experience

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