Dear friends and fellow travelers, I hope the first days of summer have been good to you. For my part, having reached the end of a semester of teaching, I am looking forward to returning to my book in progress, tentatively titled RESISTANT CITIES: INSIDE AMERICA'S URBAN REVOLT,
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing About the dark times. - Bertolt Brecht, "Motto," from Svendborg Poems (1939) Even as our horizons darken, and the winds of war and fascism blow across the land like an apocalyptic winter storm&
Dear reader, I am writing with some exciting announcements concerning forthcoming books, upcoming courses, and ongoing projects, the fruits of which I look forward to sharing with you. First, I am pleased to announce that the long-awaited anthology of my late father’s unpublished works (which I co-edited) has landed
These days of shock and awe demand more than mere realism: they also require a good measure of social and political imagination. We have to be able to imagine a world without war, a life beyond capitalism, a future without fascism.
Welcome, dear reader, to the newest iteration of my newsletter: The Critical Realist. In it, you will find selected writings on politics, culture, and society, alongside updates on future plans, forthcoming projects, and works in progress. First and foremost, I am pleased to announce that I have finally found a
Today was my last day at Columbia University. With my contract up, and my conscience clear, I am proud to say that I will no longer be working for the collaborationists and accommodationists of American academia. I will no longer be giving myself and my labor power over to the
"You can cut down the flowers, but you cannot stop the spring" - Popular slogan, commonly attributed to the poet Pablo Neruda These have been trying times for the people of Turtle Island. Millions are struggling just to survive. Millions more have been condemned to die in other
Farewell to the Neo-Fascist University