Link to an article by Gavin Mueller:
“Shackling the Masses With Drastic Capitalist Tactics”
Bonus link: “Pharma Bad Boy Martin Shkreli, Kaye Scholer Partner Arrested”
Cultural Detritus, Reviews, and Commentary
Link to an article by Gavin Mueller:
“Shackling the Masses With Drastic Capitalist Tactics”
Bonus link: “Pharma Bad Boy Martin Shkreli, Kaye Scholer Partner Arrested”
Link to an article by John Russo:
Link to an article by Japhy Wilson:
“The Joy of Inequality: The Libidinal Economy of Compassionate Consumerism”
Bonus links: “The Politics of Online Friendship” and “So You’re Still Being Publicly Shamed” and “Too Much of Not Enough: An Interview with Alenka Zupančič”
Link to a review by Joe Kennedy of Enjoying It – Candy Crush and Capitalism (2015) by Alfie Bown:
“Productive Pleasure: Alfie Bown’s Enjoying It Reviewed”
Selected Quote:
“‘Our ideas surrounding the enjoyment of critical theory and political resistance lead to the celebrated identity of the radical, which is another way of being a subject that suits capitalism’. In other words, the inclusive, absorptive nature of capitalism, which needs to bring everything within the scope of its mechanics of commodification, means that the radical is yet one more demographic to be sold to, another identity which can only find its expression through consumer preference. If this seems far-fetched, follow the twitter account of left-leaning London publishers Verso, who frequently retweet photographs sent in by satisfied customers of the piles of Marx (and assorted modern Marxist thinkers) which have just landed on their doormats.”
Links to some articles on the war in Syria, and the Turkish Role:
“Erdogan Blackmails NATO Allies”
“So Why Did Turkey Shoot Down That Russian Plane?”
“Turkey Could Cut off Islamic State’s Supply Lines. So Why Doesn’t It?”
Link to an article by Michael Hudson:
Link to an article by Adam Kotsko:
Bonus link: “How to Read Žižek on the Refugee Crisis”
https://twitter.com/ZizekOnNFL
Made me laugh, and reminded me of the Monty Python bit “World Forum” with Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin and Che Guevara on a quiz show answering questions about soccer (football).
Link to an article by L. Ali Khan: