Link to an article about Star Trek by Matthew Yglesias:
Bonus link: Chaos on the Bridge
Links
Paul Heideman – Technology and Socialist Strategy
Link to an article by Paul Heideman:
“Technology and Socialist Strategy”
Strange that he doesn’t ever mention Thorstein Veblen, who was perhaps the leading thinker on this topic of the 20th Century.
Slavoj Žižek – Lacan Between Cultural Studies And Cognitivism
Link to an article by Slavoj Žižek from Umbr(a): Science and Truth, No. 1 (2000): 9-32:
“Lacan Between Cultural Studies And Cognitivism”
This is one of Žižek’s very best journal articles.
Facebook’s Power
Interview with Jacob Silverman, author of Terms of Service, by Michael Schulson:
Right and Left Against the State: Education Without Classes
Link to an article by Comrade Motopu:
“Right and Left Against the State: Education Without Classes”
Zhenjie Zhou on Corporate Crime in China
Link to an interview with Zhenjie Zhou:
“Zhenjie Zhou on Corporate Crime in China”
Bonus link: “AFT Ends Four Month Old Coca-Cola Boycott”
Nicholas Fitz – Economic Inequality: It’s Far Worse Than You Think
Link to an article by Nicholas Fitz:
Noah Berlatsky – Doing K to 12
Link to Noah Berlatsky’s review of Annette Fuentes‘ book Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse (2011):
Noam Chomsky – On Institutional Stupidity
Link to a transcript of a speech by Noam Chomsky:
Ponzi Scheme Capitalism: An Interview with David Harvey
Link to an interview of David Harvey by Steffen Böhm:
“Ponzi Scheme Capitalism: An Interview with David Harvey”
Choice quote: “there’s nothing more unequal than the equal treatments of unequals.”