Beyond Warm-and-Fuzzy Socialism
A transcript of a talk given yesterday at the Young Democratic Socialists’ national winter conference.
19385 Articles by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
BookMarx (2/18/2013)
What you should read from the web this week.
The Christopher Dorner Complex
The Dorner incident, like all incidents involving madmen, requires us to consider the madness that structures life in America.
Dead Letter Blues
USPS cuts signal yet another advance of the profit-driven corporate model.
The Crisis in American Labor: An Interview with Sam Gindin
The class war against workers demands a class response.
The Media’s Quinoa Wars
The media is debating food politics — and missing the mark.
Doing More with Less
Fewer workers are in unions, but density in itself doesn’t always translate into power.
On Our Own or All Together?
The troublesome question of aging.
In Defense of Soviet Waiters
Sometimes bad service is class struggle.
The CUNY Talks and Panels Christine Quinn Supported When She Wasn’t Running for Mayor
City Council Speaker — and leading mayoral candidate — Christine Quinn is one of the signatories to that “other” letter about the Brooklyn College BDS panel from the “progressive” government officials and politicians.
Brutal Either/Ors: An Interview with Drucilla Cornell
Family, nostalgia and the failure of formal-equality feminism.
Where Does Mayor Bloomberg Stand on Academic Freedom?
This morning, Karen Gould, the president of Brooklyn College, issued an extraordinarily powerful statement in defense of academic freedom.
The Politics of Debt in America
From Debtor’s Prison to Debtor Nation.
In Defense of Jacobin Rage
You can’t divorce fiery emotions from the politics of revolution.
Socialism for a Less Skeptical Age
Capital used to sell us visions of tomorrow.
Art without Humans
Those DJs lost. Serato is everywhere, and it happened with less resistance than one might have expected. Maybe it’s because many DJs are interested in exploring new technology; maybe it’s because they aren’t organized as a labor force.
Obama to America: Work Harder
Liberal pundits and Republican congressmen agree: Barack Obama’s second inaugural was the most liberal speech of his presidency. They may be right. But just what kind of liberalism is this?
Revolt of the Wonks
The rapid integration of formerly obscure, wonkish outsiders into the media spotlight elite is easy to understand. Technocratic analysis and blogging that divorces policy from politics dovetail neatly with the noble-sounding notions of objectivity long dominant in American journalism.