Two is Too Many
A response to Jeremy Cohan and Benjamin Serby’s “The Two Souls of Marcuse’s <em> One-Dimensional Man </em>.”
Pathologies of the Left
No End to Neoliberalism in Germany
What can be expected of Germany’s “traffic light” coalition? More (eco-)austerity, more privatization, more disciplining of the Eurozone, and more disciplining of the working class.
The Trouble with “Defund”
There is nothing progressive about austerity.
Where Do Identity Politics Come From?
Identity politics is an expression of mass political demobilization, but it is also undergirded by the power of the nonprofit sector.
The Record Has Shown
A review of Sarah Schulman’s new oral history, <em>Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.</em>
Let’s Not Get Sentimental
Hate is an element of political organizing we are encouraged to disavow. But liberal sentimentality only leads to repetitive acting-out of the dynamics of dehumanization.
Bad Air!: A Review of “We Unhappy Few” from Endnotes 5
When the present unrealizability of one’s grandiose ambitions is the misery of one’s actuality.
