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When my book Technofeudalism was published, I had not imagined that it would be embraced by the likes of Steve Bannon but…
Vi kumt di kats ibern vaser? [How does a cat cross over the water?] — Old Yiddish saying The First Question: Whatās…
[This essay is part of a series of essays by Michael Albert which critiques Classical Left Ideologies and their value, meaning, and…
In 1950, during an informal meeting with colleagues at Los Alamos, the famous Italian physicist Enrico Fermi asked the following question: Where…
Having recently presented Classical Marxist theory, then Leninist strategy, and last time Bolshevik practice, this essay moves on to critically assess Leninist…
Beyond the Feminism-or-Family Dichotomy The relationship between feminism, the family, and capitalism has become one of the most contentious theoretical and political…
How we view the world and each other is often influenced by learned patterns ingrained in the social hierarchies we are forced…
[This essay is part of a series of essays by Michael Albert which critiques Classical Left Ideologies and their value, meaning, and…
This is an excerpt from āFor Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness,ā originally published at Convergence. The truth is, most…
At this juncture in history, humanityās situation is so volatile that whatever may await us beyond this turning point is of such…
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