From Anaximander to Marx, part 3
The end of the road of the sect For quite a few years after Healyโs exposure I, and others, still carried on trying to build โthe partyโ which was really just a small group of self-appointed โrevolutionariesโ. I only finally shed this delusion during the Yugoslav war. I was sitting in the cab of a …
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From Anaximander to Marx, Part 2
Human society as an evolutionary process Darwinโs โOrigin of the Speciesโ came about from the data gathered during his voyage on the Beagle. A deeply religious man, Darwin was brought almost to the point of mental breakdown because his religious view of the world could not be reconciled with the evidence he had gathered. His …
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From Anaximander to Marx or how I spent half my life in a โrevolutionaryโ cult and the other half working out why
Bob Myers was born in 1949 in London to a middle class mum and a working class dad who had met in a factory canteen during WW2. They were both involved in the Workers Educational Association and their house was full of books. Bob and his elder brother both became interested in politics at school …
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The Indivisible Committee: Reflections on “Hands Off!” Chicago
A week or so ago, a friend and I attended the Indivisible โHands Off!โ protest in Chicago. Here is a brief description of what I experienced and some brief takeaways. We got there around noon, but about two hours beforehand, I had seen a crowd of marshals and planners in the square setting up. Even …
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Review: Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment
When the Assad regime crumbled, almost overnight, last December, there was an upsurge of shock, elation and disbelief โ in Syria, and across the globe. In the days and weeks that followed, the world watched on as ordinary Syrians, who had borne the brunt of Assad’s pitiless crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011-12 (and the …
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City Time: A Discussion with David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan
David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahanโs new book City Time: On Being Sentenced to Rikers Island (NYU Press, 2025) offers an insightful look into the daily life of one of the most notorious carceral complexes in the US. Their individual experiences of incarceration are turned into a panoramic view of the minutiae that fill the time …
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From the Archives
Advertising in the Virus Age
To borrow a phrase from the Madison Avenue ad people โIn these difficult times, itโs reassuring to know that we still have enough of what we need.โย Well, letโs be more truthful here.ย We may have limited access to some of what we need.ย We may not have enough masks, or tests or essential drugs.ย …
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Doing Time in Trousdale is a Death Sentence! Tennesseans Speak Out
Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility is leading the nation in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, an estimated total of 1,393. Trousdale is a private prison for men in Hartsville, Tennessee, about an hour drive from Nashville. The prison opened in 2016 on the site of a nuclear power plant and it holds about 2,500 men. …
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