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    On stupidity and the excesses of wokeness
    • Apr 8
    • 9 min

    On stupidity and the excesses of wokeness

    One of the first laws of human existence, or at least of existence in class societies (determined by anti-human institutions that mold...
    Resisting fascism (a book review)
    • Oct 10, 2021
    • 9 min

    Resisting fascism (a book review)

    [This review was published at H-Socialisms.] The elevation of Donald Trump onto the national political stage in 2016 provoked a heated...
    Excerpts from "Battle Cry of Freedom"
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 11 min

    Excerpts from "Battle Cry of Freedom"

    In an effort to escape the dreary drumbeat of daily news, I'm reading James McPherson's mammoth Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era...
    The "paradox" of American freedom and slavery
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    The "paradox" of American freedom and slavery

    [Old student notes on the early United States.] Quoting Edmund Morgan, in his famous 1972 article “Slavery and Freedom: The American...
    Eleven Theses on Socialist Revolution
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 16 min

    Eleven Theses on Socialist Revolution

    The good folks at DSA (of which I'm a proud member) were kind enough to publish the following article recently in their online...
    Against liberal "pluralism"
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 15 min

    Against liberal "pluralism"

    In the time of Trumpism, Michael Paul Rogin’s great book The Intellectuals and McCarthy: The Radical Specter (1967) shouldn’t be as...
    The truth about gender
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 9 min

    The truth about gender

    Some months ago I saw Richard Dawkins recommend on Twitter a new book called The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and...
    On the inhumanity of Illinois's government in the 1930s
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 49 min

    On the inhumanity of Illinois's government in the 1930s

    In case anyone is interested in the history of the Great Depression, particularly in Chicago, here's an excerpt from a chapter of my...
    The secret history of automation
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 12 min

    The secret history of automation

    Here are some notes on an unjustly neglected book by the great Marxist David F. Noble (social historian of technology) called Progress...
    On humans' language faculty
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 11 min

    On humans' language faculty

    You may have heard of the “talking gorilla” Koko. I remember as a child reading about this fascinating creature that had been trained to...
    Marxism and the solidarity economy
    • Jun 11, 2021
    • 74 min

    Marxism and the solidarity economy

    Another excessively long blog post. I recently published a long article ("Marxism and the Solidarity Economy: Toward a New Theory of...
    Introduction to my forthcoming book
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 22 min

    Introduction to my forthcoming book

    If all goes well, I'll be publishing a book sometime in the not-too-distant future. It'll be called something like Popular Radicalism and...
    Reflecting on life at 40
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 20 min

    Reflecting on life at 40

    …They accuse me -- Me -- the present writer of The present poem -- of -- I know not what -- A tendency to under-rate and scoff At human...
    Closed borders and democratic theory
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 8 min

    Closed borders and democratic theory

    You may have noticed that the question of immigration is on people’s minds lately (as it has been, almost without interruption, since the...
    The miraculous brain
    • May 26, 2021
    • 6 min

    The miraculous brain

    [Old notes.] I’m reading Stanislas Dehaene’s Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts (2014). Good book,...
    Critiques of Richard Rorty (and postmodernism)
    • May 25, 2021
    • 12 min

    Critiques of Richard Rorty (and postmodernism)

    [Here are notes I took many years ago while reading Richard Rorty’s famous book Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. As you’ll see from...
    Review of "The Young Lords," by Johanna Fernández
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 14 min

    Review of "The Young Lords," by Johanna Fernández

    [This academic review was posted at H-Net.] Johanna Fernández’s The Young Lords: A Radical History could hardly have been published at a...
    The rise of right-wing libertarianism since the 1950s
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 30 min

    The rise of right-wing libertarianism since the 1950s

    Sometimes as I read books I like to simultaneously summarize them, to facilitate the intellectual digestion. And also to post my notes...
    Personal reflections on anarchism
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 9 min

    Personal reflections on anarchism

    Anarchism (anti-authoritarianism, love of freedom) is an essential thing, an essential guide for our thinking and action, but I have to...
    A despairing rant
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    A despairing rant

    These are interesting times. We have the "privilege" to be living in the era when centuries of capitalist evolution are approaching their...
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