Archives: Online Posts
Dressing the Emperor
Thomas Watters explains why a class analysis of the petite bourgeoisie is crucial to understanding the current political moment.
Carceral Pardons, Carceral Riots
Dan Berger argues that Trump wielded his pardon power for the same reason governors have largely refused it: to defend mass incarceration and the political-economic inequalities it upholds.
An Unfinished Epoch of Revolution
Joseph Daher takes stock of the Arab Spring ten years later.
Snatching Victory
Jasson Perez argues that the rise of authoritarianism is a global phenomenon. When the US left takes an American exceptionalist approach, this sets us back in our quest to defeat neoliberalism, the insurgent right, fascism, and authoritarianism.
Speculating on Race
Samantha Iyer warns against the romanticization of the age of the welfare state, arguing that the policies of those decades were a historical basis—rather than an alternative—to today’s landscape of racial exclusion.
Fascism, Capital, and the State Today
Charlie Post responds to Cihan Tuğal’s critique of Spectre’s editorial statement on the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
The Rabble and the Door
Steve Edwards on the semiotics of the invasion: “one set of supremacist fantasies faced off against another imaginary order.”
Fascism, Resistance, and the State
Cihan Tuğal offers a friendly critique of Spectre’s editorial statement on antifascist strategy in the wake of last week’s capitol riots.
The Criminalization of Opposition Politics in Cuba
Why did the Cuban regime adopt the Soviet model, indiscriminately repressing political opposition – including socialists, anarchists, and other leftists?