Category Archives: Lit Review
The Test of Anarchy
The Paris Commune and ICE vehicles being pelted by chunks of concrete. The Egyptian Revolution and rows of self-driving cars engulfed in flames. The Spanish Civil War and crowds blocking a freeway blanketed with thick clouds of tear gas. — Read on thefrozenseainside.com/the-test-of-anarchy/
The National Guard in Los Angeles | Lawfare
The president hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited. — Read on http://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-national-guard-in-los-angeles
Machine Learning MAGA: Rise of the Christian Cyborg – Truthdig
There are signs that the transhumanism of Elon Musk is merging with the traditionalism of Steve Bannon. — Read on http://www.truthdig.com/articles/machine-learning-maga-rise-of-the-christian-cyborg/
Marketing Authoritarianism
Mimicking his Salvadoran ally Nayib Bukele, Trump is using spectacles of disappearance to project a total power he does not yet possess. — Read on jewishcurrents.org/marketing-authoritarianism-trump-bukele-disappearance-videos
It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel
Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US — Read on http://www.ft.com/content/8a82a52f-c02b-452b-b7df-ba3bcf94c1e0
Letters
On immigration, socialist demands should include full labour and civic rights for migrants, full entitlement to benefits, unionisation across the economy, and an undoing of vulnerabilities that contribute to the super-exploitation of migrants. — Read on http://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n07/letters
Mike Davis: The Road to City of Quartz and Beyond | Labor | Duke University Press
This essay explores the historiographic ideas and political experiences that influenced the work of Mike Davis, the prolific Marxist historian who died in 2022. — Read on read.dukeupress.edu/labor/article/22/2/76/399901/Mike-Davis-The-Road-to-City-of-Quartz-and-Beyond
Tariffs as a Class Offensive – Heatwave
Seen in this light, the tariffs are neither a more or less rational policy choice, nor solely an elaborate grift. They are part of a two-front, worldwide class war unfolding between national bourgeoisies, on the one hand, and between them and the proletarians of their respective countries on the other. That is, the tariffs areContinue reading “Tariffs as a Class Offensive – Heatwave”
From Racket Theory to Real Domination | CTWG
In the early 1940s, the Frankfurt School developed a body of work—most of it only published posthumously decades later—that has been given the name ‘racket theory.’ That body of work is the topic of Section 2 of this essay. The other subject of this essay is the French (post-) Marxist theorist Jacques Camatte. In whatContinue reading “From Racket Theory to Real Domination | CTWG”
Aida Rends 