On Bullshit
Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it.
TOXICOLOGY: lethal forces
The poisons that course through the veins of our politics, our cultures, our movements, our relationships, ourselves … categorized according to Graeber and Wengrow’s three basic forms of domination. See our About page for more info.
Syria and the Euro-Leftist Double Impotency
Much of the European left’s argument against the revolution was demanding proof from Syrians on their worthiness of support, asking them to demonstrate that they are “revolutionary enough.”
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The Struggle Against Orientalism in Reverse
The struggle against Islamophobia in Europe and for radical change in Middle East and North Africa societies still requires discussion inside the radical and revolutionary left.
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Eyes With No Memory See Nothing
More than ever the answer to all our mounting grievances must be active solidarity. This may of course be met sooner rather than later with the inhuman resistance of state violence.
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A Dangerous Idea
Capitalism is us. It’s everything. It surrounds us, it’s every institution on the planet. It unites us all, it’s the cash nexus, it’s the money pit, it’s everything.
Gentrification and the Death of Creativity
One thing that’s happened all across the country is the rise of unpaid labor as the entryway into creative and intellectual professions, where young people are expected to work for free, and to have the financial means to support themselves when they begin working in fields like art, journalism, entertainment, or even policy.
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Revolution within the revolution
Protests have continued and activists are calling for a ‘Day of Rage’ against Al Qaeda in Syria and the regime. This is ‘the revolution within the revolution’ and a clear testimony from the Syrian people that Daesh does not represent them.
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Syria, European Pseudo-Leftists, and Žižek
It is quite impressive how many Europeans feel entitled to dictate to other people what they should or should not do. They feel that it is perfectly normal for them to judge and intervene in the smallest details of other political movements, to tell the world how to talk and where to walk, without doing the research necessary to develop an informed perspective.
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“This country is a prison.”
Despite energetic organizing, clear and reasonable demands, and a commitment born of desperation, demonstrating Syrian asylum-seekers have been met by a stalling bureaucracy and a sneering public. But prevailing European Community law leaves them with little recourse.
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