The Leopold and Loeb of Modern Libertarianism
“Nathan Leopold is not the only boy who has read Nietzsche.”
19185 Articles by: Ryan Switzer
Ryan Switzer is a PhD candidate in sociology at Stockholm University. He researches right-wing politics in welfare states.
The Tragedy of Pakistan
The Taliban want to end democracy in Pakistan. The state won’t be able to stop them.
Italian Lessons
On the Italian Communist Party and the path not taken between the horrors of state socialism and the bankruptcy of modern social democracy.
Porno for Pirates
Star Trek meets anti–Star Trek in California District Court, as a science fiction-loving judge demolishes a gang of copyright trolls.
Behind the Kitchen Door
In Behind the Kitchen Door, Saru Jayaraman finally reveals what many of the 10 million people who work in the rapidly growing U.S. restaurant industry face daily while cooking and serving food.
Foul-Weather Friends
Radical critique from an unexpected source — the head of currency trading at a major Wall Street firm considers global capital markets.
The Children of Men
Edmund Burke to Niall Ferguson: You know nothing of my work. You mean my whole theory is wrong. How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing.
The European Left: An Interview with Leo Panitch
In this interview, the fate of European social democracy, among other topics, are discussed.
Like Mike?
Michael Harrington was wrong about a lot of things, but not quite in the way Joe Allen describes.
At the Barricades with E! Writers
Pitching jokes to Joan Rivers for $500 a week.
The Muslim Problem
The Muslim community has been continuously reminded by the media since 9/11 that the primary duty of an acceptable Muslim is to continuously condemn the behavior of a tiny minority of coreligionists.
The Next Left
A new New Deal alliance would bode well for the liberal-left, but rejuvenating American liberalism will only be a means to an end.
After Austerity
For the Left, it will no longer do simply to be anti-austerity.
Death of a Trader
The tools that make our increasingly digital markets efficient might constitute a vital part of a more modern, complex and egalitarian future financial system.
We Have Always Been Rentiers
The development of rentism entails not just a change in the laws, but in the way the economy itself is measured and defined.
The Strike That Didn’t Change New York
The Chicago teachers’ strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement that could ignite a shift in public policy?
Imported From Detroit
Behind American auto’s latest PR campaign lies a bleak economic reality.
Fellow Travelers
It’s impossible to deny that institutionally the socialist left is in disarray.
The Rise of the Machines
Automation isn’t freeing us from work — it’s keeping us under capitalist control.