Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism
The Christchurch atrocity is a result of the scapegoating dynamic of savage capitalism, built on a white victim complex refusing…
Category: Writing
I think after almost 20 years I finally made sense of Mulholland Drive
[Spoiler warnings] I think Mulholland Drive is a movie about how Hollywood seduces and destroys people. Betty (Naomi Watts character)…
Is Politics Getting Worse, Or Are We Getting a Better Handle on How Bad It Has Always Been?
Originally published on Counterpunch. In assessing the present condition of things, the endemic corruption and open hostility on the part…
The rise of far-right populism as a left fail
If Trump exemplifies the use of scapegoats by the far right for the destruction of the country by the pursuit…
Q&A Tweets
Not honestly much a fan of manged debate. I collect Q&A tweets using my twitter account (periodically renamed due to…
Media Hype, Imaginary Hobgoblins: Malcolm And Peter’s Politics Of Moral Panic
Originally published at New Matilda, though they seem to have joined so much of the rest of the nominal left.…
Corporate Magna Carta
Corporate Magna Carta The rise of corporate power since the end of the nineteenth century has brought radical and profound…
The Scare Cycle: Moral Panics and National Elections
Have an article on moral panics and national election cycles in the latest issue of Arena Journal, No 47/48. …
Trump and Ur-Fascism
Trump-style populism has made a strategy out of substituting superficial charm and emotional appears to fear of the Other for…
Crises Worthy and Otherwise: Terror Scare vs. Climate Change
Originally published in Counterpunch. Donald Trump began his first week in office by fulfilling his campaign pledge to declare a…