Compromised Terms, or How To Win “The Working Class”

One of the most important insights generated by post-Marxist thought is that “class,” as the name of a structural position/condition within capitalist relations of production, is that which cannot function as a social identity. It emerges there only in displaced form of various proxies. Unfortunately, various critiques of liberalism, the nation-state, procedural democracy, and the like […]

Russiagate: A Reply to Marxist Friends

Many of my Marxist friends are deeply put off by Russiagate. Best I can tell, their argument runs along the following lines: Claims, largely advanced by liberals, corporate Democrats and for-profit media outlets, that “Russia interfered in our elections” are overstated. Conjecture and assumption often pass for established fact, and allegations are either unsubstantiated by […]