A Brief History of Nigeria’s Left
The Prolegomenon
Calibrated as a quasi-feudal petro-state, the history of Nigeria could be told as a story of post-colonial capitalism. Yet there has always been a strong current of...
Kill are Peemies- How the Post-Left ‘Got Got’
Adolph Reed caused a minor uproar recently with an off-hand comment about one of his fellow theorists, Angela Nagle: she ‘got got’ by the reactionary side for writing...
Singapore-Let they who reject meritocracy cast the first stone!
Yet more fodder for the outrage crowd, where the harsh and damning criticism fell upon NUS, AGC and the courts for such a ridiculous excuse for letting the...
Frankenstein’s Monster in Brazil- A Rant on Culture
The media here is terrible. On broadcast TV, the old and awful auditory shows seem to have given way to the far more worse genre of crime reporting:...
Munkástanácsok in the Midst of the 1956 Revolution
“To be liberated by others, whose leadership is the essential part of the liberation, means the getting of new masters instead of the old ones.”1 - Anton Pannekoek
Every...
Moderate Rebels say the Tatmadaw are the good guys!? is this...
I’ve followed the Moderate Rebels podcast for years now and it’s generally been a breath of fresh air when it comes to geopolitics. The hosts, Max Blumenthal and...
Can Dengism Outmaneuver Capital?
As things stand the argument is not so much about the current tate of affairs; not many would argue that China is a fully functioning communist utopia. Rather,...
Friends, Coffee, and Genocide- The Limits of “Globalization”
There for us
“Chandler is the most interesting character imo. At the beginning of the show he is already rich and is closed off emotionally, and actually is the...
The Kgotla and the State in Botswana: Instrument of the People...
There is much to like about the Tswana system of the Kgotla, essentially open public forums where anyone may have their say on the issues of the day....
The New Russian Left
“Shit’s fucked at the moment. You get armchairs writing incomprehensible bullshit about dialectics, larpers fighting “revisionists” and “trotskyists”, red conspiratards claiming all the boomer conspiracies Americans got but...