It is dangerous to research history where the established authorities are smoking crack
Originally published on Counterpunch. In assessing the present condition of things, the endemic corruption and open hostility on the part of our alleged representatives to the needs and concerns of…
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…
Not honestly much a fan of managed debate. I collect Q&A tweets using my twitter account (periodically renamed due to OCD tendencies). In no semblance of real order, and by…
Originally published at New Matilda, though they seem to have joined so much of the rest of the nominal left. ‘The whole aim of practical politics,’ wrote US journalist H.…
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…
Have an article on moral panics and national election cycles in the latest issue of Arena Journal, No 47/48.
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 in Counterpunch. Donald Trump began his first week in office by fulfilling his campaign pledge to declare a ban on immigration from predominantly Muslim countries he associates with…
Have a new academic piece in the latest edition of Capitalism Nature Socialism, a review essay built around Jason W. Moore’s excellent Capitalism in the Web of Life (Verso). ‘We…
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…