Cultural Detritus, Reviews, and Commentary
Link to an article by Ivan Bruneau, Julian Mischi & Nicolas Renahy:
Bonus links: ressentiment and university discourse and The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker and Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right and “For What It’s Worth: The Yellow Vests and the Left” and “A Leftist Plea for ‘Eurocentrism'”
Link to the article:
“Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left, Part I”
“Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left, Part II”
“Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left, Part III”
“Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left, Part IV”
This is an excellent multi-part piece on the fundamental problems with Chomsky’s politics — though it does contain a few brief unsupported or otherwise perplexing statements. See also The Idiot Pool
Link to an interview with Daniel Immerwahr, conducted by Tanner Howard:
Link to an article by Pavlina Tcherneva:
A takedown of Henwood is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, given that he is so weak on theory and is one of those insufferable centrist journalists posing as a leftist — much like Naomi Klein or Paul Mason. But still, somebody had to write the takedown. Sure, Henwood cites some true facts but the main point Tcherneva gets across is that Henwood is being exceptionally petty and obtuse by focusing on trivialities and individual personalities. He is clearly engaging in a highly superficial smear job.
Bonus links: “Behind the Money Curtain: A Left Take on Taxes, Spending, and Modern Monetary Theory” and “‘Taxpayer Money’ Threatens Medicare-for-All (And Every Other Social Program)” and “Modern Money Green Economics for a New Era” and Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems (2nd Ed.)
Link to an article by Rebecca Gordon:
“The Uses of a Well-Regulated Militia by an Unregulated President”
“As a general rule, what Republicans say is not worth taking seriously even for a second, except insofar as they wield power. And then, it is the power they wield, not the power of their ideas, that makes taking them seriously worthwhile.”
Andrew Levine, “Ilhan Omar Owes No Apologies, Apologies Are Owed Her”
Link to an article by Eric Blanc:
“The Billionaires Dismantling Oakland Schools”
Bonus links: “They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform” and Richard Shaull Quote
Link to an article by Justin Fox:
“Why America’s New Apartment Buildings All Look the Same”
The claims about environmental benefits of wood (over concrete) and a few other things might be debatable.
Bonus link: “Minneapolis’ Housing Plan Rewards Developers, Punishes Working People”
Link to an anonymous article:
“McKinsey & Company: Capital’s Willing Executioners”
Bonus links: “The Sociology of C. Wright Mills” (“As modern management becomes the reigning ethos of the age, the shift from explicit authority relationships to more subtle manipulation becomes the preferred form of power. *** The goal of manipulation is to have men internalize managerial directives without knowing that these directives are not their own motives, without recognizing that they are being victimized.”) and Critique of Cynical Reason and Making Money