John Ganz Shares the MAGA Idea of the Left
Those interested in the common project and common obstacles of liberalism and socialism should also read Jack’s post on The Black Sheep. His history of…
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The Discreet Charm of the PMC
“The rich they live in heaven, the poor they live in hell, and I . . . live somewhere in between.” – Ishmael Reed, “Middle…
Service Workers Aren’t Servants: A Response to Jodi Dean
One of the great themes of Marx’s work is that capitalism isn’t natural or eternal. Socialists have always hoped that, when it finally shuffles off…
A Fight with a Conveyor Belt
My friend Ray is dead. Like many others in the logistics business, he was a comrade-in-arms in a never-ending battle with a never-ending stream of…
Analogies and tendencies: A response to Ben Burgis
Historical analogies are one of the ways we try to make sense of the present. They can usefully illuminate unexpected continuities, the persistence of what…
How Democracies Cry: The Endless Wailing of Levitsky and Ziblatt
During the first Trump administration, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt put out a bestseller – How Democracies Die. It’s a work of comparative politics. You…