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The Illusion of Non-Capitalist Spaces

Capitalism requires zones that appear to be withdrawn from the circuitry of capital so that workers can cultivate their bodies and minds

September 14, 2018 • by Victor Lund Shammas

Why hasn’t capital swallowed up the entire world yet? If we accept the machinic, all-encompassing vision of Capital, why hasn’t the Earth’s surface been totally blanketed by it? Why hasn’t everything been chewed up, guzzled down, and spit out again by capital? One of the first things to strike the ...

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Heroes but Not Saints

How should we judge reformers and radicals who were also racists?

September 13, 2018 • by Peter Dreier

In 2020, America will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Feminists and others are starting to plan the celebrations, which will include conferences, books, postage stamps, and new monuments honoring the women who fought and won that major battle. In anticipation, New York ...

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Jews and Poles

Together for 800 Years But Not Together

September 13, 2018 • by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Why is this? – Alienation rather than hatred. – A time when Jews were virtually the only intellectuals in Poland. – Why assimilation was impossible. – The modern Jew and the modern Pole. Several weeks ago, Stanisław Mikołajczyk – Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile – stated that there were still ...

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Judge Kavanaugh’s Cynical Appeal to Precedent

Why resisting Kavanaugh’s appointment is crucial for the future of SCOTUS

September 12, 2018 • by Peter Alexander Meyers

Our hearings in the Senate prove that Brett Kavanaugh has a prodigious memory. Is that why precedent is such an important category for him? Precedent is a special type of memory. For this Judge to call forward precedent as he does, however, is dangerously misleading. Those who decide the future of the Supreme Court ...

Judge Kavanaugh’s Cynical Appeal to Precedent

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Some Thoughts About a Looming Hurricane and the Catastrophe in the White House

The disaster relief we really need

September 12, 2018 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Hurricane Florence approaches the eastern seaboard of the United States. Significant parts of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have been under mandatory evacuation. And millions of citizens brace for the coming storm, with its storm surges and destructive winds, and its possible tornadoes, and the deluges of rain and ...

Some Thoughts About a Looming Hurricane and the Catastrophe in the White House

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Explosive Objects

How the murder of Trayvon Martin made everyday items extraordinary

September 12, 2018 • by Robyn Autry

Watching Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story this summer, I was struck by how much our memories of the tragic encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin is shaped by objects. The gun. The hoodie. The Skittles wrapper. There were other objects too, some from that night -- the cell phone ...

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His Body Shop

Issues around the market of self-care

September 11, 2018 • by Paula Landerreche Cardillo

In the past few weeks a new advertisement campaign has invaded the New York City subway. A brand that claims to solve “men’s issues” called hims covers the walls and advertising panels of subway stations and trains. Hims is a brand that sells products to address “men’s issues” such as hair loss, skin imperfections ...

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Nike’s Colin Kaepernick Ad, the Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, and Robin Leach

Past Present Episode 145

September 11, 2018 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss Nike’s controversial signing of Colin Kaepernick as the face of their Just Do It campaign, the anonymous New York Times op-ed written by a senior Trump administration official, and the recent death of Robin Leach. Here are some links and references mentioned during ...

Nike’s Colin Kaepernick Ad, the Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, and Robin Leach

Blue Monday

Twisted

Thoughts on the insanity in the White House

September 10, 2018 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and I wrote some blues." -Duke Ellington This past week we have been vividly reminded of what we long have known: that the man currently occupying the office of President of the United States, the Chief Executive and Commander in Chief of ...

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A Shared Commitment

Concluding thoughts on, ‘Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention’

September 10, 2018 • by Jaskiran Dhillon

Race/isms Book Forum is a new series aimed at bringing established and emerging voices together in conversation around recent work that critically engages our world’s racial scripts, past and present. The structure of the forum is straightforward. We invite three to four thinkers to grapple with a book, highlighting a ...

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From Bras to Bathing Suits

The 1968 Miss America protests were the most public announcement of the start of the women’s civil rights movement

September 9, 2018 • by Hilary Levey Friedman

Fifty years ago a group of women -- mainly from New York -- wanted to stage a very public demonstration about women’s rights. They didn’t choose a political locale (i.e. Supreme Court or White House) or an economic one (i.e. the Fed or Wall Street), instead selecting a cultural setting. ...