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Modify Your Dissent
On the rise and fall of the Baffler.
BookMarx (2/24/2013)
What you should read this week.
Ashwin Parameswaran and the Future of Work
A discussion with Ashwin Parameswaran.
Issue 11/12 Preview: “Misery Index”
Our next issue will be mailed to subscribers on August 16 and released online on September 2.
The Myth of the Hardhat Hawk
In the popular imagination, opposition to the Vietnam War was driven largely by the privileged, while supposedly reactionary blue-collar workers supported the war effort. That memory is wrong.
Art Class
In his new book, Ben Davis’s arguments too often take the form of smug, self-righteous dismissals that convey only disapproval.
Different War, Same Columnist
Friedman fires more volleys of cliche into the densely packed prejudices of his readers.
What Does Obama Think They Were Doing at Stonewall?
Obama has a peculiar view of class struggle and progress.
The Left and the State
When leftists set themselves up as defenders of government against libertarian hostility to the state, they unwittingly accept the Right’s framing of the debate.
California English
There’s a reason conservative critics want to limit the study of literature to aesthetic experience: any further analysis might become a gateway to a political awareness they fear.
Canada’s Third Way
Like other social democratic parties around the world, Canada’s New Democratic Party has fully embraced its shift to the right.
Hegel Meets Reagan
Rick Perlstein is a master chronicler of American political absurdity. But explaining Reagan and the Right requires more than a catalog of the absurd.
The Limits of Republicanism
The response to Charlie Hebdo shows French republicanism’s blindness to structural racism.
Homophobia and the Art of Writing
In giving an intellectual sheen to the religious right's bigotry, Harry Jaffa helped build the modern conservative movement.
The Good Old Liberals
Fifty years after its release, the Moynihan Report is still being used to attack the black poor.
Hillary Clinton: Capital’s Plan A
Hillary Clinton has been talking about economic inequality lately, but there’s a reason Wall Street isn’t worried.
Mad Max and the End of the World
Mad Max dramatizes a clash of civilizations, in which the West must win out over everyone else.
In Defense of Gay Marriage
Defeat never inspired anyone. We can celebrate reforms like gay marriage and still fight for more radical change.