Cultural Detritus, Reviews, and Commentary
Link to an article by Salvador Rangel & Jeb Sprague-Silgado:
“The U.S. Political Scene: Whiteness and the Legitimacy Crisis of Global Capitalism”
Really one the best general summaries of the Trump phenomenon and its underlying drivers and political base.
Link to an article by Patrick Cockburn:
“Treating Mental Health Patients as Criminals”
Bonus link: “The Left Hand and the Right Hand of the State”
Link to an article by Diana Johnstone summarizing the French presidential election environment:
“The Main Issue in the French Presidential Election: National Sovereignty”
(see also: “Slavoj Žižek: Dear Britain”)
Plus, here is a link to an interview of Raquel Garrido conducted by Cole Stangler about the most promising candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon:
Another contextual link:
Link to an interview of Matt Bruenig conducted by Daniel Denvir:
Link to an article by Pete Dolack:
Link to an article by Anatoly Shtyrbul:
“The Autonomous Industrial Colony ‘Kuzbass'”
Bonus links: Project Kuzbas: American Workers in Siberia, “Descendants of Dutch Colonists Visit OAO Koks,” “From Stalingrad to Kuzbas: Sketches of the Socialist Construction in the USSR,” “The American Industrial Colony in Kuzbass in the Years of 1922–1927,” “Capitalist Restoration in Russia: A Balance Sheet (Part 1)”
Link to an article by Fredrik deBoer:
Link to an article by David Broder comparing Silvio Berlusconi to Donald Trump:
“Being Anti-Trump Isn’t Enough”
Bonus Quote:
“all the Leftists’ and liberal democrats’ worry about the danger of neo-Fascism lurking beneath Berlusconi’s victory is misplaced and, in a way, much too optimistic: Fascism is still a determinate political project, while in the case of Berlusconi, there is ultimately nothing lurking beneath, no secret ideological project, just the sheer assurance that things will function, that he will do better. In short, Berlusconi is post-politics at its purest. The ultimate sign of ‘post-politics’ in all Western countries is the growth of a managerial approach to government: government is reconceived as a managerial function, deprived of its properly political dimension.” Slavoj Žižek, Revolution at the Gates, p. 303.
Bonus links: “Donald Trump’s Travel Expenses in 10 Weeks Cost US Taxpayers as Much as Barack Obama Spent in Two Years” and “On the Differences of Comedy in the Time of Alt Right Transgression”