Category Archives: Lit Review

People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag

I was first advised to listen to Life in Abdication, and Tucker’s solo work in general, by Bruce Reid, my co-worker on the night shift at Quality Food Centers (QFC), a Kroger-owned grocery chain in the Pacific Northwest. Bruce was a devoted fan of the Velvet Underground, the type who had all the live bootlegsContinue reading “People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag”

Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts: The Material and the Moral Compass | by Community Liberation Programs | Jun, 2025 | Medium

Although it is understandable for morality to be a factor in our drive to organize, we must be sure to underpin our ideology and methodology with material analysis in order to avoid errors and maintain clarity. — Read on medium.com/@communityliberationprograms/feelings-dont-care-about-your-facts-the-material-and-the-moral-compass-51414817ba87

Starship Stormtroopers: Michael Moorcock | libcom.org

There is Lovecraft, the misogynic racist; there is Heinlein, the authoritarian militarist; there is Ayn Rand, the rabid opponent of trade unionism and the left, who, like many a reactionary before her, sees the problems of the world as a failure by capitalists to assume the responsibilities of ‘good leadership’; there is Tolkein and thatContinue reading “Starship Stormtroopers: Michael Moorcock | libcom.org”

Revolt and Representation: A View from the Battle for Los Angeles – Heatwave

It’s gonna be a long hot summer. The National Guard stood toe-to-toe with local LAPD in riot gear. Migra were caught escaping hurled bricks between Compton and Paramount. Thousands of people were marching and confronting pigs on the freeways, being met with tear gas and less-than-lethal bullets. Señoras were vending hotdogs between battles, on theContinue reading “Revolt and Representation: A View from the Battle for Los Angeles – Heatwave”