<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA["Wright's Writing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wright's Writing]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:17:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wrightswriting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The left has a bright future]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at CounterPunch and elsewhere.] Historically, periods of widespread economic suffering have often seen a surge of left-wing organizing, and even notable victories. In 1789, desperation among the peasantry and urban working class helped catalyze the French Revolution. The 1880s and 1890s in the United States saw the Farmers’ Alliances and the People’s Party sweep the interior of the country, in a vast movement to overcome the exploitation and poverty of farmers and...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-left-has-a-bright-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4d81d900be0c704955edcc</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:51:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_8bcb3c2122234fab9cc20d433eb57f04~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_738,h_414,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump wants “denuclearization,” but does Washington?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Current trends are headed towards this. [This article was published at Common Dreams . ] In the grim competition between environmental...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/trump-wants-denuclearization-but-does-washington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cc715baef6910f9dd42cb3</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:02:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_1ac1d6a47c264062a00f27fdec5e0a9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_688,h_516,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberalism: a brief history of a resurgent ideology]]></title><description><![CDATA[This scumbag is a "postliberal." [The following interview was published here .] Introduction : Like any “ism,” liberalism is many things,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberalism-a-brief-history-of-a-resurgent-ideology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ba395a2c47d3953d4aaa4b</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_233e5ad7b941426088b58d2001d15f04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science on low-carb vs. high-carb diets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The subject of this post is pretty far afield from what I usually write about, but the book I just read is so brilliant I had to write a summary of it to post online. Americans don't exactly have healthy eating habits, so more of us could afford to know about the science behind food and nutrition. Personally, I've been profoundly ignorant of it my whole life, although in the last ten years I've at least tried to avoid an excessive intake of carbohydrates. (With the exception of beer.) The...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-science-on-low-carb-vs-high-carb-diets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c9318e7c0559e32ca3c148</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b5cc9cfb108d47f18a499fc4860847f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_906,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Journal of a Dissenter," 1996-2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probably unwisely, I've posted my lifelong intellectual journal online, specifically on Google Books .  It's a very long document that no...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/journal-1996-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6682db0f1cfa33bd0c610109</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:12:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_58c293fa96e54ef8be4b71363a4bea0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO's endgame appears to be nuclear war]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Compact .] The world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Back then,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/nato-s-endgame-appears-to-be-nuclear-war</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667af0ddacac79ff9caf5a7a</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b5eab067f2294fe190c4561832f22f76~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the Gaza genocide, the worst crime of the 21st century (so far)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My journal helps keep me sane. From January to March I've occasionally jotted down thoughts on the horrors occurring every day in Gaza,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/thoughts-on-the-gaza-genocide-the-worst-crime-of-the-21st-century-so-far</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66202893013a37cc17900ce5</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_6cdfedeb043c4e96b3e3d44d90c10ee7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on botany]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've found politics so incredibly bleak lately, and I've been so frustrated by my inability to make any kind of difference...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/notes-on-botany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661eda8468c66f69f483af79</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:20:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_753ae1dac9284c1ba54bb90cc6e75277~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_676,h_516,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberalism: a dangerous “new” conservatism]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published in The Philosophical Salon.] In Wilhelm von Humboldt’s book The Limits of State Action (1792), one of the...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberalism-a-dangerous-new-conservatism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d1387655a13f461f0d4eba</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_d0068318245f4ad3b2e4017bb1036876~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberals against the common good]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Common Dreams.] “The Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in human history,” says Noam Chomsky. It seems...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberals-against-the-common-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64f8e68dea0ef385a04f83e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:17:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b2aaf3c8180d455f9c3746f29e3de599~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nikole Hannah-Jones, Frederick Douglass, and the Left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Dissident Voice and other places.] Twitter conversations with public intellectuals are rarely worthy of note, but a recent...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/nikole-hannah-jones-frederick-douglass-and-the-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64f7415329fe1b448cbfe303</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_fdd8f1dd705d46c881b58e70c547e20d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_776,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love of freedom defines the political left, not the right]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Sublation and other venues.] Political discourse in the United States consists largely of lies and...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/love-of-freedom-defines-the-left-not-the-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64666b4eb56528bf2b81be5d</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 21:43:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_f220653f50b4424fbb3289f0eee4d445~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_400,h_348,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What “security threat” does China pose?]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Common Dreams.] Everyone who abhors war, detests imperialism, and favors cooperation between nations on...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/what-security-threat-does-china-pose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64507afa88f0298a90cbaade</guid><category><![CDATA[History of capitalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 16:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_93a6e24eb63b452584025831714bd1ae~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second Cold War is more dangerous than the first]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published in Compact magazine.] Twenty years ago, Noam Chomsky published a bestselling book called Hegemony or Survival. Since then, the...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-second-cold-war-is-more-dangerous-than-the-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6442a0920785017417938e44</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:48:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_fe2124075b834636a3749609558c75fe~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The left and the war in Ukraine]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Common Dreams.] To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-left-and-the-war-in-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">643f366763a284c286999a7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:06:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_7e8aef5cb3774be0a09fef82f8fa650a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dusk in Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This is a short story I wrote twenty years ago after visiting Vietnam for a couple of weeks. It starts with a dream and ends with...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/dusk-in-vietnam</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f4fa0c6d2e10c0018eb47ed</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:00:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_ec636227aefa473688b52da13b95178c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_480,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to rebuild the left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published in Dissident Voice.] One might as well state the matter clearly: given the realities of global warming, rampant environmental...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/how-to-rebuild-the-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f815402a5f4e400291d8d0</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 23:57:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_ed1faf8055b541d5b0c1ac12a0d5895e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_500,h_281,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The righteous outrage of Norman Finkelstein]]></title><description><![CDATA[[A book review published at Common Dreams.] As I was reading Norman Finkelstein’s new book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!:...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-righteous-outrage-of-norman-finkelstein</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d9a5f026ad8ff132323354</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:54:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_d8cb445186a74797961dc4a7a5ae9fce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_401,h_325,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Book of Joe: A Satire of Capitalist Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's an insanely long post. It's actually a "literary experiment" I wrote almost twenty years ago (as the following preface says, which...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-book-of-joe-a-satire-of-capitalist-society</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d88cd57f8d9f5abe629eeb</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:40:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_174a6b30dbd3477086cd34197abf0119~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_251,h_201,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only class struggle can save the left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Sublation.] A striking paradox of the history of the left is that it is full of self-defeat. From the...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/only-class-struggle-can-save-the-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63654b1f59d81c5c952cf95b</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b477653bfdf14ec4bb3cf14428f56775~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>