Link to an article by Jordan Holycross:
“New York Times’ Trauma Tourism”
Bonus links: “Hold the Front Page” and “Food Stamp Fables”
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Ryan LaMothe – The Occult Injustice of Laws Supporting Capitalism
Link to an article by Ryan LaMothe:
Brian Platt – Cops Are at War Out There
Link to an article by Brian Platt:
Bonus links: Slavoj Žižek On Political Struggle and “Police and the Liberal Fantasy” and “Stop Kidding Yourself: The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People” and Alain Badiou Quote and “Is there really a ‘war on cops’? The data show that 2015 will likely be one of the safest years in history for police” and “What’s Wrong with Police in America” and “Terrorism and the Militarization of the NYPD” and “The First Thing We Do, Let’s Fire All the Cops” and “Why Are the Police Caught Flat-Footed by Right-Wing Extremism? Because They Are Right-Wing Extremists.” and “Kim Foxx Is Under Attack Because She’s Trying to Transform Chicago’s Criminal Justice System” and “Police Departments Spend Vast Sums of Money Creating ‘Copaganda'”
John Steppling – Before the Law
Link to an article by John Steppling:
While fairly detailed in its analysis and proffered support, the asserted parallels with fascist regimes of the past aren’t fully convincing. Does the current moment not have neo-feudalist (or neo-Bonapartist) aspects? Doesn’t the present moment have some unique features without complete historical precedent?
Bonus link: The Courts Are Political
Tim Seitz – The “Design Thinking” Delusion
Vijay Prashad – Regime Change 2.0
Benjamin Fogel – Against “Anti-Corruption”
Link to an article by Benjamin Fogel:
Curiously, while the author says moralism isn’t an answer, his argument is essentially moral! He really is saying mere moralistic, individualistic finger-wagging won’t convince political opponents to change their own ways, which is a tactical argument that recognizes that the problem does not lie at an individual level and therefore cannot be solved at the individual level either but glosses over normative/ideological (moral) bases for structural/institutional action. But isn’t the author simply arguing that instead of criminalizing the political left through “anti-corruption” laws such policies should instead criminalize the political right? He offers no real explicit argument to this effect, relying instead on implicit ideology and morality/ethics. This is about a political struggle for hegemony, making certain specific procedural/tactical suggestions along the lines of Rosa Luxembourg’s famous “socialism or barbarism” maxim.
Bonus links: Slavoj Žižek On Political Struggle (technocrats as defenders of hierarchy) and Slavoj Žižek on Populism (populists) and Ibi Rhodus, Ibi Saltus! Quote (ethics/morals are ultimately political)
Natalie Shure – The Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos
Link to an article by Natalie Shure:
“The Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos: We Need to Nationalize the Healthcare System”
Bonus link: Some Critiques of Silicon Valley User Exploitation
Jedediah Purdy – The Courts are Political
Link to an interview of Jedediah Purdy conducted by Meagan Day:
Bonus links: Slavoj Žižek On Political Struggle and “Before the Law” and History of the Supreme Court of the United States and “What Is Socialism Nowadays? (Part II)” and “The New Venezuela: An Interview With Supreme Court Justice Fernando Vegas” and “The Kavanaugh Case: Sex, Lies, Privilege (and Plenty of Beer)” and “Ten Items Corroborate Dr. Blasey Ford’s Allegation Kavanaugh Tried to Rape Her” and “Why Conservatives (Still) Like Kavanaugh” and “Kavanaugh Confirmed, Supreme Court Is Instrument of Ruling-class Reaction” and “The Oligarchic Courts”
Jacques Pauwels – 1918: How the Allies Surfed to Victory on a Wave of Oil
Link to an article by Jacques Pauwels:
“1918: How the Allies Surfed to Victory on a Wave of Oil”
Bonus link: “Foreign Interventions in Revolutionary Russia”