Mainstream WeeklyMay 07, 2024
I was proud to organize with Standing Together at UCLA last Wednesday morning (this was the morning after the heinous assault by counter-protestors, but before the encampment was shut down by the police). We held signs like “ceasefire now,” “hostage deal now,” “humanitarian aid now,” and “war has no winners.” But it was also heartbreaking to speak with current students who told me about broken friendships and a culture of hostility on campus. I was struck by a conversation I (…)
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The New Assimilation: Reflections on the campus protests in the US | Josh
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11 May 2024Editor’s Note: Takamure ltsue (1894–1964) was a prominent anarchist feminist in Japan during the interwar years. She advocated the elimination of political and social authoritarianism which was controlled by the male-centred bureaucracy. She urged a shift towards a society of agrarian self-government which emphasized harmony with nature, freedom from bureaucratic oppression, and women and men sharing in the production of the essentials of life. Through several debates in the late 1920s, (…)
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Review of ‘The Right Wing Mirror of Critical Theory by Larry Alan Busk | Matt McManus
11 May 2024[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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The Right Wing Mirror of Critical Theory:
Studies of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Strauss and Rand
by Larry Alan Busk Rowman and Littlefield 2023. 276 pp. hb ISBN 9781666929638
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Reviewed by Matt McManus
For many decades now, anti-foundationalism has been a very popular position on the academic left. Influenced by an array of post-structuralist and post-modern thinkers such as Foucault, Derrida and Gayatri Spivak, many have argued (…) -
Film: Jal Tu Jalaal Tu a Film by Prateek Vats [English Subs]
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Video: Overheated – The Fight for Information Integrity, Climate Action, and Democracy | Jennie King
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Painting: Nürnberg Trials, 1946 - Dame Laura Knight
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, May 4, 2024
4 May 2024* The False Feel-Good About Indian Economy’s Performance Since 2014 | Arun Kumar
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