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Voting with your Middle Finger

March 3, 2016 • by Laura Nelson

I almost think that the phenomenon of the “sensible conservative” might be coming back: one whom liberals, social democrats, democratic socialists et. al. can rationally engage in debate and dialogue, and who occasions genuine and mutual respect. There have always been a few around – Andrew Sullivan comes to mind ...

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A Response to Jeff Isaac

February 22, 2016 • by Not An Alternative

This post is a response to Jeff's Isaac's post. 1) Not An Alternative is a collective of artists, activists, designers, and theorists. If you’re curious about who is involved, our names are listed on the NAA website. 2) You are right: “Occupy the Party,” is aimed to your left, to people and ...

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A Response to Occupy the Party

February 21, 2016 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

I had read "Occupy the Party” in an earlier version, posted on Facebook. I am glad it is being circulated here on Public Seminar, and would like to offer a brief response. I have four thoughts about this piece. The first no doubt marks me as bourgeois: I don’t really know how ...

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Domination: One or Many?

February 17, 2016 • by Marianna Poyares

This post is in relation to the Gender and Domination course in OOPS. When approaching the issue of domination and its many forms, one must not overlook that violence is a structural element of domination. However diverse in character different forms of domination may be, they all rely on some account regarding violence ...

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Mothers, Daughters, and Democratic Primaries

February 17, 2016 • by Eli Zaretsky

In “Not Their Mother’s Candidate,” in last Sunday’s New York Times, Susan Faludi purports to situate the difference between women who support Hillary Clinton and women who support Bernie Sanders in terms of the history of American feminism. According to Faludi, this conflict, which first appeared among feminists in the ...

Mothers, Daughters, and Democratic Primaries

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I Dreamed We Were Free

February 15, 2016 • by Moises Ramirez

This post is in relation to the Gender and Domination course in OOPS. Reflecting on this week’s reading, I must admit that my previous relationship to the concepts of freedom and liberty was under-reflected. La Boetie wrote, “one never pines for what he has never known; longing comes only after enjoyment and constitutes, amidst ...

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It’s a Big Club, and You Ain’t in It: George Carlin as Social and Political Theorist

February 14, 2016 • by Laura Nelson

I recall many years ago, when he was guest-hosting the Tonight show, George Carlin having a somewhat strained political conversation with the comedian Shelley Winters. It was during the waning of the Nixon years, where confidence in government was beginning its slide down to the Stygian depths where it rests ...

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How Many Divisions? Pope Francis, Antonin Scalia and Justice

February 14, 2016 • by Andrew Arato

How many divisions does the pope have? asked Iosif Vissarionowich Dzhugasvilli (alias: Stalin) Pope Pius apparently had few. Pope Francis, a much greater man, however seems to have many. It is the duty of practicing Catholics to obey the pope on moral issues. Pope Francis has eloquently declared, to be sure not ...

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Who Is A Nigger?

February 13, 2016 • by Orlando Hawkins

This post is in relation to the Gender and Domination course in OOPS. In 1986, civil rights hero and activist, Bayard Rustin, gave a speech called “The New Niggers Are Gays”. In this speech Rustin stated that the barometer of social change is no longer related to African-Americans since African-Americans have ...

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Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialist: A Primer

February 12, 2016 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Many people have asked me to explain the “democratic socialism” of Bernie Sanders. Below are answers to a set of questions recently posed by a bright young interlocutor. Donald Trump said this week, “We're dealing with a socialist, perhaps even a Communist.” How do you define “democratic socialist” and how is ...

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Why Cass Sunstein Is Wrong About The One Percent

February 10, 2016 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

In an article published just this week by Bloomberg, Cass Sunstein argues that the campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been focused on the wealth of the “top one percent” rather than on the betterment of the “bottom ten percent” and that this is wrong because such ...

Why Cass Sunstein Is Wrong About The One Percent

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Erik Olin Wright & Class Today

February 9, 2016 • by McKenzie Wark

------ What if we tried a thought experiment? Just for shits and giggles? The thought experiment runs as follows: What if this was no longer capitalism, but something worse? Could we start by describing relations of exploitation and domination in the present, starting with the newest features, and work back and ...