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Hysteria, or hope?

Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2017 | 20 Comments »

Based on its title and on the snippets I saw being quoted, I fully expected to dislike Lee Jones’ article “Charlottesville and the Politics of Left Hysteria,” posted a few days ago at The Current Moment. Instead, I’ve found it nuanced, cogent, and well worth reading. I myself have tried to broach this topic of the […]

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A time for grieving, a time for analysis

Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2015 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes discussions in social media feel like the internal conversations of a person with severe multiple-personality disorder trying hard to give equal voice, or at least free rein, to their many voices. And I find I can agree with all or most of those voices; and at the same time disagree. In a facebook debate […]

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Global disorder, the left, & a new democracy

Posted in Cultural politics, Manifestos & auguries, Politics, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2015 | 1 Comment »

The following is something I wrote a while back that I have not had a chance to do anything with. I’m sharing it here simply because it will otherwise languish. It is a reflection on the political left and its failings in a changing global situation, a situation marked by inequality on a global scale, by increasing, […]

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