Making sense of dialectical materialismI recently read Tristan Hunt’s [now-dated] biography of Friedrich Engels on vacation. I may have also subjected myself to a ‘debate’ on…Mar 8, 2022Mar 8, 2022
Do genes matter? The hereditarian left wants you to act as if they doThe ‘hereditarian left’ is having a moment. I first wrote about this — still largely hypothetical — political tendency two-and-a-half…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
Surprise! HBO’s “The Nevers” is political [spoilers]Spoiler warning for the first half-season of the “The Nevers”. You’ve been warned. Seriously.May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Marx and Universal Human RightsLibertarian or democratic socialists — in contrast to more authoritarian members of the socialist tradition — tend to preserve and…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
A READING GUIDE TO PIKETTY’S “CAPITAL AND IDEOLOGY” (PART 1): INTRODUCTION, OVERVIEW AND…“Capital and Ideology” (2020) is the long-awaited sequel to French economist Thomas Piketty’s 2013 opus, “Capital in the Twenty-First…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Review: “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley RobinsonThis is my first fiction book review for this blog, and fittingly enough it’s the new book by Kim Stanley Robinson, “The Ministry for the…Dec 13, 2020Dec 13, 2020
Review: “People Without Power” a.k.a. “The People, No” by Thomas FrankThere are three essential traits I look for in a political book: the author must choose interesting subject matter; they must present a…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Book Review: “The Deficit Myth” by Stephanie KeltonBefore getting into my review of Stephanie Kelton’s new bestseller, “The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
Virtue and the aristocratic tendencies of liberalismDon’t do virtue politics, alright?May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Sex is real. So is gender. The anatomy of propaganda.I’ve tried to resist entering ‘the discourse‘ when it comes to analysing whether famed author JK Rowling is a TERF — a ‘trans exclusionary…Mar 1, 2020Mar 1, 2020
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