Why even your favorite politicians got ‘money for wars but can’t feed the poor’ — When you set out to change the world and recruit others into that process, there are two big categories of conversations you often end up having: 1. ‘How does the world actually work’ and ‘how can it be changed’ or 2. ‘How do we trick, convince, cajole, bribe, or force…

Crises in the World, Crises in the Empire, and Crises in Legitimacy — In the days following the fascist attack on the Capitol Greg Carr commented, “The more I think about it, the more I have the feeling that America finally broke in the last week. I don’t mean that it was ever “fixed.” I mean that its white frame finally cracked beyond…

Of All Possible Horrors, Why These? — There are seemingly endless websites, newspapers, documentaries, docudramas, podcasts and more these days that fill peoples’ lives with true stories of the crimes of this system — from heinous crimes that might only affect one or a handful of individuals to crimes so vast that they shape all of society…

As the US reigns supreme as the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, much of what is obscured about the US economy in normal times has been laid bare and new dynamics have been set in motion. Many are legitimately pointing out that minimum wage laborers play a more essential role…

AKA Liberal Pragmatism: the Respectable Way to Lose Everything — Polka the possum plays dead when she senses danger. This works when a fox approaches, sees it and passes by. But what about when Polka finds herself in front of a car speeding down a highway? Good thing that people aren’t possums — we have more than one trick, we…

The particular genius of Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet lies in its demystification of slavery and freedom, and showcasing the agency of individuals within the constraints, compulsions and clashes of capitalism and the slave system. The conversation surrounding Harriet has largely been dominated by false and bad faith accusations of white savior…

Reflections on the #FlagBurningChallenge Three Years Later and the Relationship Between Defeating Fascism and Making Revolution. Last week, Trump visited Narendra Modi in India, spoke in front of 100,000 Hindu supremacists, and visited Delhi amidst a pogrom which murdered 40 Muslims, injured hundreds more and burned down a mosque. The…

One-dimensional theories serving political paralysis vs a scientific understanding and a strategy that could win “I watch America. I watch its motives. We are a force for good in the world, not a force for evil,” Mr. Pompeo said. “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21 “Anarchism’s strength and potential stems from conflict with the state by black, brown…

New Amsterdam was the first European colony on what is now Manhattan. Even as the Dutch and their diverse subjects stole land from the Lenape, they built a remarkably tolerant and cosmopolitan colony. It became a commercial hub with immigrants from all over Europe as well as from parts of…