The Case for Open Borders
When the Right charges the Left with advocating amnesty, we should show them to be correct.
19381 Articles by: Frances Abele
Frances Abele CM is Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy Emerita at Carleton University. She is a research fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and the Broadbent Institute. Much of her work focuses on indigenous-Canada relations.
Hugo Lives
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (1954–2013)
Blaming Things
Do guns kill people or do people kill people? Is it television or bad parenting that’s destroying the American family? These are worn-out false dichotomies about the political nature of technology.
Out of the Desert
Our minds and emotions are conditioned by scarcity.
“Like” Feminism
The problem with Sheryl Sandberg’s “feminism.”
Israel v. Palestine, Plessy v. Ferguson
Starting on Monday, certain buses running into Israel will have separate lines for Arabs.
BookMarx (3/3/2013)
What you should read this week.
Ross Douthat and the Young Marx
Why Marx loved work — and we should, too.
Wage-Slavery and Republican Liberty
Generations of workers critiqued wage-labor in the name of republican liberty.
Amnesty Now
The most emancipatory vision that the Left can offer today is one of equitable citizenship for all.
Post-Work: A Guide for the Perplexed
The basic vision of the post-work left is one of fewer jobs and shorter hours.
When Neocon Heroes Die
Fighting the Hitchens personality cult.
BookMarx (2/24/2013)
What you should read this week.
Disaster Capitalism, Chicago-style
If only there were a solution “lying around” to attach to this crisis.
After The Feminine Mystique
Friedan’s book is ideologically safe by comparison to the full body of feminist writings.
Employers Will Beat Obamacare
For many employers, it will be much cheaper to pay the penalties than cover full-time workers.
Beyond Warm-and-Fuzzy Socialism
A transcript of a talk given yesterday at the Young Democratic Socialists’ national winter conference.
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.