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.
ISOnuts: one stop activism and the gentrification of the left
An Activist enters the bizarre and alienating world of the International Socialist Organization.
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.
Top 15 messages in Clint Eastwood's anti-war masterpiece "American Sniper"
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Feb 1 2015 04:13
I just watched "American Sniper. " I learned so much about manliness, honor, and love…
Corporate school reformers on "ethics in education" at the University of Hawaii
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Aug 9 2012 08:05
On August 7th, 2012, the University of Hawaii hosted a wildly misnomered "Ethics in Education" event with Michelle Rhee and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson who both push charter schools, privatization, and attacks on teacher tenure and unions.
