The Zero Hour Report: A Newsletter from Richard (RJ) Eskow

The Zero Hour Report: A Newsletter from Richard (RJ) Eskow

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AI Through Marx’s Eyes (w/Richard Wolff)
it’s dead labor, resurrected by capital.
Sep 23
38:37
Meet “TrumpRx”
My new piece in The Nation.
Sep 18
“Breaking ICE”: Sonali Kolhatkar author interview
How people are resisting state violence and shaping a better future.
Sep 15
DNA and Personality: A Short Monologue
Scientists have discovered more than 1,200 DNA variants that help shape human beings’ personality traits, according to a newly-published study. What are…
Sep 4
1:25
A New Scam to Slash Social Security (w/Dean Baker)
Billionaire-owned paper fights dirty ... again.
Sep 3
Americans Don’t Seem to Love America Anymore
... and change runs on optimism. A short video.
Sep 2
0:59

August 2026

Dolly Parton, the Last American
No politics but the politics of love.
Aug 26
“Mutual Delusion” Drives Ukraine War
With Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Aug 19
The New Genocide Deniers
Dismissing horror with a wave of the hand.
Aug 14
The Fauci and the Furious (w/Richard Wolff)
From Fauci to Mangione to Sayed, something deep is stirring.
Aug 13
The GLP-1 Economy & Medical Castes
My new Nation piece is on GLP-1s.
Aug 13
Media's Pro-Insider Bias: A Hard Habit to Break
with one surprising exception ...
Aug 5
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