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Pathologies of the Left

Who Invited Robert?

Who Invited Robert?

Robert’s Rules of Order were designed to make large organizations of members with disparate interests and customs functional. No surprise that they have been rejected by many left groups since the 1960s, who have been less interested in functionality than comradery.

Patrolling Class Theory

Patrolling Class Theory

A new crop of academic critics treat working-class differentiation as a theoretical conclusion rather than as a point of departure. This is a profoundly cynical position that obscures the true sources of defeat: working-class atomization and resignation.

Toward a Socialist Minimalism

Toward a Socialist Minimalism

It’s possible simply to have no definite opinion about many issues that our media outlets tell us are very pressing. In fact, this might be a principled position to hold.

Anti-Social Socialism Club

Anti-Social Socialism Club

What happens to a Left that dislikes society?

A Death Sentence for the American Left?

A Death Sentence for the American Left?

Are Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner pointing to real impossibility or mere political limits?

Two is Too Many

Two is Too Many

A response to Jeremy Cohan and Benjamin Serby’s “The Two Souls of Marcuse’s <em> One-Dimensional Man </em>.”