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
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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”
Digital Lords or Capitalist Titans? Critiquing the Techno-Feudalism Narrative
In recent years, the rise of platform monopolies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft has sparked a growing discourse among scholars and … Digital Lords or Capitalist Titans? Critiquing the Techno-Feudalism Narrative
Immanuel Wallerstein as Africanist: from modernisation to Marxism in the 1960s – ScienceOpen
Immanuel Wallerstein’s intellectual journey toward developing world-systems analysis began with his significant involvement in African studies during the 1960s. This article explores how Wallerstein’s decade as an Africanist, marked by his deep engagement with the decolonisation movements across the continent, laid the foundation for his later Marxist-oriented critique of the capitalist world-economy. — Read onContinue reading “Immanuel Wallerstein as Africanist: from modernisation to Marxism in the 1960s – ScienceOpen”
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