It is dangerous to research history where the established authorities are smoking crack
Debney, B. (2019). Halal Certification Uproar: The Muslim Scapegoat as National Safety Valve. In C. M. Hall, The Routledge Handbook of Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism. Routledge. Halal food certification…
Originally published on Counterpunch. A couple of very useful quotes are attributed to Einstein. The first is his definition of madness as doing the same thing over and over and…
The Christchurch atrocity is a result of the scapegoating dynamic of savage capitalism, built on a white victim complex refusing to acknowledge any difference between respecting other cultures and the…
If Trump exemplifies the use of scapegoats by the far right for the destruction of the country by the pursuit of privilege, then Hilary Clinton exemplifies the use of scapegoats…
Released this one in 2018 and totally forgot to post about it anywhere at the time.
Corporate Magna Carta The rise of corporate power since the end of the nineteenth century has brought radical and profound changes to both to the fabric of our everyday lives…
Philistines hate inspiration I guess
Trump-style populism has made a strategy out of substituting superficial charm and emotional appears to fear of the Other for policy, education and experience/ For traditional liberals and Democrats in…
Originally published on Counterpunch. A recent piece on Voices of the Revolution, ’The Siren Song of Identity Politics,’ properly attempts a critique of liberal identity politics, but rather than effectively…
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has been sold as a political revolution; the hyperbole characteristic of such claims notwithstanding, the Bernie revolution would produce the least change of any…