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  • Down with Activism; Up with Revolution

    …we imagine that we are revolutionaries when we are nothing more than temporary rebels.  Activism is far from revolution, and the left at the centres of capitalism is dominated by activists and activist groups––NOT revolutionaries and revolutionary movements.  The most popular and predictable… Continue reading

  • Don’t Look Down!

    The next time you go rock climbing or scrambling up a peak, someone may give you some clichéd but good advice: “Don’t look down.” This is not just a recommendation that works with struggling up a physical height. Often, you… Continue reading

  • Underpants Gnomes: A Critique of the Academic Left « Larval Subjects .

    Nice engagement over at Larval Subects of the issues that brought a lot of thinkers I know to put forward notions of “field philosophy.” …Even though these critiques are often right, we express them in ways that only an academic… Continue reading