Grab our RSS Feed

Book Review: Radical Imaginings

by Abe Walker

Imag­i­nal Machines by Stevphen Shukaitis. Autono­me­dia (2009).

At every level, Imag­i­nal Machines is a sub­ver­sive text. Against the ris­ing tide of com­pla­cency, Stephven Shukaitis sketches out new pos­si­bil­i­ties for polit­i­cal engage­ment that are at once sedi­tious and savvy.

Lessons in Terror at John Jay

by Abe Walker

Marc Sage­man and Charles B. Strozier at an Octo­ber Cen­ter on Ter­ror­ism Sem­i­nar In the normally-restrained world of aca­d­e­mic dis­course, the 2007 annual meet­ing of the Amer­i­can Anthro­po­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion stands out as a break with the dom­i­nant cul­ture of self-abrogation and humil­ity. Dur­ing the course of this meet­ing, a fierce and impas­sioned debate broke out over a proposed […]

The Battle of St. Paul

by Abe Walker

If the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain’s resolve to do what is best for his coun­try, you can be sure the angry Left never will.” — Pres­i­dent George Bush, address­ing the RNC via satel­lite feed, Sep­tem­ber 1, 2008 “I Am The Angry Left.” — T-Shirt seen at demon­stra­tion out­side RNC, Sep­tem­ber 2, 2008 For casual observers on the east […]