New covid-denial single from Eric Clapton and Van Morrison
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Dec 21 2020 04:17
The new Eric Clapton/Van Morrison single "Stand and Deliver" wants to be a rebel anthem. Instead these nationalist bards have delivered little more than a reactionary side note in a rising cacophony of Covid-19 denialism just at the moment the vaccines are dropping, argues Comrade Motopu.
Overview: Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jul 24 2020 06:13
Ethno-Nagleism is the Idpol of fools
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jul 15 2020 15:26
Comrade Motopu is not a fan of nationalism and did not enjoy the latest article by Angela Nagle.
Proud Boy fascist running for Hawaii state legislature
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 5 2020 05:41
Overview: The Explosion of Deferred Dreams
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Oct 20 2019 00:49
Musician and historian Matt Callahan rehistoricizes the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s, reconnecting it to the working class and radical political legacies of the Bay Area.
Robert Altman's "Nashville": From boom to gloom
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 30 2019 13:56
As I read Jefferson Cowie's Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class I have been watching some of the movies he mentions. My review is largely informed by the historical presentation in his book.
The Dead Don't Die: who makes the zombies?
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 17 2019 03:27
A review of Jim Jarmusch's anti-zombie film. This review contains many spoilers so you may want to see the movie before reading this.
"Textbooks are becoming obsolete" says Bill Gates
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 27 2019 20:37
A quick response to an item I just saw in the 2019 annual letter from Bill and Melinda Gates.
Class struggle frontiers in Hinterland
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 14 2019 00:01
Comrade Motopu provides an overview of Phil Neel’s book and attempts to place it in the ongoing debates over the centrality of labor movements vs. surplus populations and riots vs. strikes.
Against mirror world: fascists were not socialists
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Aug 26 2018 10:03
A couple of excerpts from the work of scholars of fascism against the notion that the fascists were socialists.
Walkaway review
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Mar 1 2018 23:41
A review of Cory Doctorow's 2017 science fiction novel.
Right and Left against the state: education without classes
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Oct 15 2017 22:20
Education reform, whether promoted by the Left or Right, often fails to deeply address the class-based issues driving the alleged "failure" of the educational system.
Do Marxian academics dream of affluent LARPers?
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Aug 17 2017 08:58
As white nationalists attacked towns across the US, many of the critiques of black bloc and antifa tactics were cheap shots.
Review: They can't kill us all: Ferguson, Baltimore, and the new era in America's racial justice movement
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 23 2017 08:40
A review of Wesley Lowery's book covering the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and other activist projects in response to police shootings in the US.
Dead Time with Bill Maher
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 18 2017 08:26
Semi off the cuff observations on a terrible television spectacle.
Coopting the language of the left at the pro-life march on Washington
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jan 29 2017 12:26
A pro-life marcher speaking the language of the Left and what it says about the tone and form of a position versus the content.
Review: 1% Free - MaximumRockNRoll political columnist's sci-fi novel
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Dec 31 2016 01:21
A review of a science fiction novel by political writer and MaximumRockNRoll columnist G.A. Matiasz.
Hawaii: class militancy or cultural patriotism?
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 28 2015 10:44
An examination of the reactionary aspects of some of the cultural politics in Hawaii.
