"What we get to see with Trump is that capitalism has nowhere to go other than into the darker reaches of itself." From Charles Liburd

Jonathan Woolley, on Trump as the big-daddy boss archetype.

The sad reality is that individual action is inadequate. No amount of donation, responsible eating, ethical-company-purchasing action will save anyone when your professional and economic actions work to undermine your theoretical ideals.

opposition to fascism is not as easy as completing a Buzzfeed quiz or reading an Everyday Feminism listicle.

Sophia Burns looks at gender roles on paper vs. in practice, and the division of labor underlying both.

Sophia Burns argues that activist nonprofits are front groups controlled by the Democratic Party

What has been won by our liberation from these outdated delusions? What has been gained? Are we free? Are we at peace? Even by the standards of modernity, twisted and obscene, we are undoubtably the poorer. Without the gods, now there is only ourselves to fear.

The conflict between social democracy and "identity politics" is a red herring.

An opinion piece on the problematic aspects of the Rojava hype.

If we want a fascist-free world, we need to break from what we have and build a better one. From O. Berkman

From Lorna Smithers: an essay on 'the mysterious ritual frenzy' of the scream over Annwfn and its modern manifestations.

There is nothing radical nor inherently leftist about atheism

From Julian Langer

“The only way for humanity to make itself immune to violence is to allow the creation of a vast authoritarian system that protects individuals from personal violence through the endless impersonal violence of the state.”

From Sophia Burns: "catharsis politics isn't just unhelpful. It's actively destructive."

If you are unwilling or unable to create your own Utopia, you will inevitably live in someone else’s.

Political and aesthetic theory, from Alley Valkyrie

The person occupying the White House is not human, but is in fact a corporation. A living corporation, The Trump Organization has found itself a body...

From GG Irkalla: We must recognize that we are not dealing with a politician. We are dealing with a warlord, and we are at war.