The new Marxist culture that emerged in the United States from about 2010 has many merits. It is particularly concerned with empirical reality and focused on tactical and strategic questions. It displays thereby a healthy scepticism toward theory, especially toward anything that smacks of Hegel, Sartre, Lukács or the Frankfurt School.
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The mayor-elect chose his words carefully on election night—signaling his Democratic socialist beliefs and issuing a call to action. The post Zohran Mamdani, Eugene V. Debs and the Dawn appeared first on Truthdig.
Eight AI bots contribute about 10 percent of the platform’s “Community Notes. ”
When Nat transitioned, I learned that when someone you love changes, you change, too.
An investigation by Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged bulk carrier, Irtysh (IMO: 9664976), operating in defiance of Western sanctions by exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen.
James Vanderbilt’s ‘Nuremberg’ revisits the trial of Hermann Göring. The post The Camps and the Gallows appeared first on Truthdig.
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye perfectly portrays an intense, fickle, painful dynamic between women.
It’s a year since Trump’s election, and the liberal commentariat says it doesn’t matter what you call him, so long as you call him out. I disagree. The beginning of every cure is diagnosis. A cold is treated differently than bacterial pneumonia: One you fight with Tylenol (if you can still buy it), the other with penicillin.
It’s the biggest political and economic question ahead
More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds.
How a borough ignored by the subway built the most successful ferry line in the World
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
