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What does the United Healthcare CEO assassination really tell us about class in America?

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Jan 28, 2025
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In the wake of the assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare insurance company, some Americans have taken to social media to express a range of sympathetic feelings for the assassin, Luigi Mangione. For many of them, Mangione’s actions were understandable given the injustice of the American health insurance racket. The bald immoralit…

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Dustin "Dino" Guastella is Director of Operations for Teamsters Local 623 and a research associate with the Center for Working-Class Politics.
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