https://znetwork.org/author/doughenwood/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/doughenwood/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/liberals-favorite-election-story-is-wrong/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/liberals-favorite-election-story-is-wrong/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:44:28 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275505 If you listen to some liberals — I’m too discreet to name names, but you might know whom I have in mind — Donald Trump’s election was the reflection of a resurgent hegemony of white patriarchy. These arguments are typically made without any supporting evidence, because there isn’t much of that. Here’s some complicating data drawn from exit polls. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/liberals-favorite-election-story-is-wrong/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kamalas-capitalist-class/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kamalas-capitalist-class/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:12:47 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272436 A nice point of entry into this analysis is a recent article from CNBC, which recounts an open letter signed by “88 high-profile business figures” endorsing Harris for president. The letter assures us—and, perhaps more importantly, their fellow titans of commerce—that “the business community can be confident that it will have a President who wants American industries [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kamalas-capitalist-class/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-ruling-class-became-vulgar/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-ruling-class-became-vulgar/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1262191 Who governs? For socialists, the answer is often an obvious one: the capitalist class governs, of course. But upon closer inspection, the composition of the ruling class is no more obvious than that of the working class — a class whose disorganization and neoliberal reorganization has been the subject of much analysis, study, and debate. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-the-ruling-class-became-vulgar/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bidenomics-puts-business-not-workers-first/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bidenomics-puts-business-not-workers-first/#respond Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:34:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259756 Before the war in Gaza — before Joe Biden sank his reputation by enabling Israeli brutality — there was a debate about something called “Bidenomics.” Despite everything that’s upstaged it, it’s still worth a look. Bidenomics never got much love. Interest peaked in July, according to Google Trends, and is down three-quarters since. It probably would be hard [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bidenomics-puts-business-not-workers-first/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/austerity-is-causing-america-to-rot/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/austerity-is-causing-america-to-rot/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:46:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1199346 It’s been a while since I looked at one of the major reasons for the pervasive sense of rot about the United States: the low level of investment — investment in real things, that is, not crypto. It’s barely keeping up with the forces of decay. 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