Anthony SkewsMaking 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…17 min read·Mar 8, 2022----
Anthony SkewsDo 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…13 min read·Sep 16, 2021----
Anthony SkewsSurprise! HBO’s “The Nevers” is political [spoilers]Spoiler warning for the first half-season of the “The Nevers”. You’ve been warned. Seriously.7 min read·May 20, 2021----
Anthony SkewsMarx and Universal Human RightsLibertarian or democratic socialists — in contrast to more authoritarian members of the socialist tradition — tend to preserve and…9 min read·Apr 26, 2021----
Anthony SkewsA 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…8 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
Anthony SkewsReview: “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…6 min read·Dec 13, 2020----
Anthony SkewsReview: “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…7 min read·Oct 17, 2020----
Anthony SkewsBook 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…12 min read·Aug 11, 2020----
Anthony SkewsVirtue and the aristocratic tendencies of liberalismDon’t do virtue politics, alright?6 min read·May 10, 2020----
Anthony SkewsSex 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…8 min read·Mar 1, 2020----