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Taking notes 59: radical politics in the age of American authoritarianism

April 19, 2016May 11, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
Struggles will only succeed if more progressives embrace an expansive understanding of politics, not fixating singularly on elections or any other issue but rather emphasizing the connections among diverse social movements. Continue reading Taking notes 59: radical politics in the age of American authoritarianism

The Noam Chomsky-Michel Foucault debate: On human nature

April 12, 2016May 20, 2016 sanjay perera

Debate: Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault–On human nature Continue reading The Noam Chomsky-Michel Foucault debate: On human nature

Taking notes 58: For the love of thinking: eleven theses

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 sanjay perera

by Jeff Noonan
The person who loves to think is critically minded. That person is not an undisciplined skeptic, but one who can detect contradictions between principle and practice, and between principles and the values to which they purportedly lead as means. Continue reading Taking notes 58: For the love of thinking: eleven theses

Taking notes 57: Liberal commentators who are apologists for Trump’s racism

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
Trump’s business practices that some admire are representative of neoliberal capitalism: which has produced human misery, political corruption and inequality throughout the world. Continue reading Taking notes 57: Liberal commentators who are apologists for Trump’s racism

The poisoning of Flint: the specter of domestic terrorism

March 15, 2016March 17, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
In the era of Donald Trump, US politics denotes an age of forgetting civil rights, inclusiveness, democracy but accepting state violence. Continue reading The poisoning of Flint: the specter of domestic terrorism

Capitalism, socialism, and everyday life in the twenty-first century

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 sanjay perera

by Jeff Noonan
With new technologies, younger generations are shaped in their sense of self by the changed work and social relationships of on-line environments, so nineteenth and twentieth century forms of working class consciousness and struggle seem impossible to revive. Continue reading Capitalism, socialism, and everyday life in the twenty-first century

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Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth: Violence

March 1, 2016September 22, 2025 sanjay perera

Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth: Violence Continue reading Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth: Violence

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What Is Anarchism? Noam Chomsky on capitalism, socialism, free markets

February 23, 2016March 17, 2024 sanjay perera

What Is Anarchism? Noam Chomsky on capitalism, socialism, free markets (2013) Continue reading What Is Anarchism? Noam Chomsky on capitalism, socialism, free markets

Why is the Wealth of Nations so important? Adam Smith and classical economics

February 16, 2016 sanjay perera

Why is the Wealth of nations so important? Adam Smith and classical economics (2010) Continue reading Why is the Wealth of Nations so important? Adam Smith and classical economics

Taking notes 56: On hope and hype: reflections on a New Year’s tradition

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 sanjay perera

by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
How, I ask myself, can declaring my hopes to others make a dent in a world oblivious to our dreams? How can we expect the mere change of a date to alter the conditions under which we live? Continue reading Taking notes 56: On hope and hype: reflections on a New Year’s tradition

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