Tag: Politics
American Carnage
Nicholas De Genova argues that, rather than being an aberration, police racism is constitutive of a system of white supremacy embodied in state power.
Fifteen Notes on Sixty Days of Pandemic and Economic Depression in Brazil
Valério Arcary, Brazilian historian and PSOL militant, puts forward fifteen theses on the limits and opportunities in a conjuncture marked by multiple nested crises in his country
The Necropolitics of Heroism
Gediminas Lesutis and Jon Las Heras interrogate the politics of heroizing “essential” workers, arguing that our applause is no substitute for their health—and potentially their lives.
The Virus Infects Politics, Part Two
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.
The Virus Infects Politics, Part One
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.
Leninism?
Charles Post asks what we should understand today by the term “Leninism”?
Is Bolsonaro About to Fall?
Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos argues that Bolsonaro’s political demise is on the horizon. In this first installment of his two-part essay, he explores the utility and limits of anticorruption discourse as it has been deployed by the Bolsonaro regime.
A COVID-19 Survival Guide
Kathleen Brown and Robin Zheng explain how socialists are fighting for life over profits in Southeastern Michigan.
Rosa Luxemburg and the Final Conflict
Paul LeBlanc reflects on the relevance of Rosa Luxemburg’s legacy today.
An Organic Crisis Is Upon Us
As the world descends into chaos, political struggles are articulated in unexpected ways. Zachary Levenson argues that Gramsci’s concept of “organic crisis” can help us make sense of this mess and what it all means for the politics of class struggle.