Ideological coping mechanisms in the end-times
End of days-type periods are hardly unknown throughout history; the fact that empires rise and fall is a truism, a statement of the banal. We live in one such period…
The pathological entitlement of the supremacist
Originally published at Counterpunch. In recent days, the CPAC conference has brought us a number of most unusual spectacles. It has brought us (1) the militantly tawdry respawning of Donald…
Liberal Capitalism is Dead
From its beginnings out of the European Enlightenment, Liberal capitalism was based on a promise of progress through justice predicated on equality before the law. In light of the fact…
The Neoliberal Virus
This article originally appeared at Counterpunch. To date, and to the extent that alleged political leaders have even tried to come to terms with the origins of the COVID-19 crisis…
The Political Uses of Pandemic
This article originally appeared on Counterpunch. Crisis has long had political uses for ruling groups. As I wrote in a piece for CounterPunch in 2015, elites and their intellectual courtiers…
The Oldest Trick in the Book: Panic-Driven Scapegoating in History and Recurring Patterns of Persecution (Springer 2020)
This book investigates the normalisation of blame-shifting within ideological discourse as a broad feature of history, working from Churchill’s truism that history is written by the victors. To that end,…
Social Ecology in the Capitalocene
New journal piece from yours truly at the revamped website for the journal of the Institute of Social Ecology, Harbinger. Social ecology and world-ecology are two prominent streams of radical…
A Penal State of Mind
Australian nationalism promotes the claim of a nation-state united under the Australian flag, but thanks in particular to racism and xenophobia, we remain deeply divided. What is the meaning of…
Rising Above the Thinking that Created the Climate Crisis
Advance apologies for the not very accessible writing style. As a clear and present threat to humanity, the climate crisis is far too broad a problem to be treated in…
New LP—’Get Rich or Try Sharing’
Have just finished a new album—’Get Rich or Try Sharing.’ Can be had for the princely sum of 5 bucks on Bandcamp or streamed on Soundcloud for free. I am…