Partial Readings: May Day, Twenty-First–Century Marx, the Subaltern Studies Spat
Before taking to the streets this May Day, Dissent celebrated by surveying a year’s worth of highlights for organized labor. Picking up where we left off, let’s take a look at how May Day shaped up around the world this … {…}
Partial Readings: Collapsing Factories and the “End Death Traps” Tour
As the death toll of Wednesday’s garment factory collapse in Savar, Bangladesh surpasses 320, the incident has become the most lethal disaster in garment industry history, one of the worst manufacturing disasters ever. The New York Times reports that more … {…}
Partial Readings: The Violence We Can, and Can’t, Prevent
It’s been a grim week. Whether it was the bombing at the Boston marathon or the explosion of a fertilizer plant in small-town Texas, the week’s events have instilled, for many in the U.S., a renewed sense of vulnerability to … {…}
Partial Readings: Immigration Reform, Undead Thatcher, Balibarism
From the Grassroots to the Gang of Eight: The Fight for Immigrant Justice Momentum is building for comprehensive immigration reform as a bipartisan “gang of eight” senators, led by New York’s Chuck Schumer, prepares to unveil a bill they have … {…}
Partial Readings: Monsanto’s Revolving Door
In last week’s Partial Readings, I suggested that conservatives and other corporate allies in Washington are most successful when they advance regressive laws and dismember progressive ones behind the scenes, rather than seeking public approval—or even majority approval in Congress—for … {…}
Partial Readings: The Future of American Conservatism
If there’s one thing that brings out the top ten–list impulse in progressive journalists, it’s the rantings of conservatives. By standing up for, say, rape and slavery in spite of the damage they risk to their public image, today’s Tea … {…}
Partial Readings: Kimani Gray and Police Violence
Last Saturday, two undercover police officers in an unmarked car approached a teenager walking down the street in his Brooklyn neighborhood of East Flatbush after he broke off from a group of friends. According to police reports, Kimani Gray, sixteen, … {…}
Partial Readings: The Tar Sands Blockade, Indestructible Chávez, Freelancing for Free
The decision to let this pipeline come through America is the most fateful decision you will ever make, Mr. President. It would be like jabbing a dirty needle into this country from Canada. It would be like lighting a fuse … {…}
Partial Readings: Obama’s Tepid New Team, Berlusconi and Mussolini, Politics at the Oscars
With Chuck Hagel confirmed as Secretary of Defense after a 58-41 vote on Tuesday—the tightest confirmation vote ever for a Pentagon chief, split almost exactly along partisan lines—the hubbub over Obama’s second-term cabinet appointments is beginning to subside. It’s been … {…}
Partial Readings: Modern Boomtowns, Judith Butler’s diaspora, Sheriff Arpaio’s posse
As any follower of Marxist geographer David Harvey will eagerly tell you, boom-and-bust cycles are the cornerstone of “free” markets. Harvey’s writings since the financial crisis of 2008, including The Enigma of Capital and the essays republished in Rebel Cities, … {…}
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Belabored Podcast #7: Social Arsonists· May 24, 2013 ·
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Traversing the U.S. Food System: An Interview with Tracie McMillan· May 22, 2013 ·
