Gonzo Times

On the stupid slogan: “Socialism or Barbarism”

Jehu — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:03 +0000

Postone ends his critique of Michael Hardt with these words, the last sentence of which I find to be as theoretically repugnant as his critique of Hardt was sublime: These brief considerations suggest that a future beyond capitalism would require a fundamental transformation of the division of labor and that, without movement in that direction, [...]

Silencing peaceful protesters and the media

Dokter Waldijk — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:40:27 +0000

Utter the words police and excessive use of force in the same context, and most people will instantly think of the US. Then in the same breath of air, mention journalists and censorship, and most might instead refocus to China. That is what I’ve experienced; reading comments on news sites, following discussions on forums and on Twitter [...]

Tronti in Chicago…

Jehu — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:48 +0000

Capital’s power appears to be stable and solid. … the balance of forces appears to be weighted against the workers… and yet precisely at the points where capital’s power appears most dominant, we see how deeply it is penetrated by this menace, this threat of the working class. Can I say Tronti cannot just be [...]

Postone’s take on the current crisis

Jehu — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:18:46 +0000

A new article (PDF) by Postone is likely one of the best things written by a Marxist on this crisis. In the critical segment posted on Principia Dialectia, Postone critiques, and demystifies, Hardt’s concept of value. The critique shows why Postone remains the most insightful Marxist scholar today. His reconstruction of Marx’s labor theory of [...]

Anarcho-Capitalists are Not Anarchists

PunkJohnnyCash — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:14:31 +0000

When Proudhon, Bakunin and Kropotkin were writing the beginning writings that anarchism would grow to follow there was no acceptance of capitalism. Capitalism was not an option for anarchists. Anarcho-Capitalism is no within the scope of these philosophies nor is it anarchism by those original definitions. I have a laundry list of issues with Anarcho-Capitalism. [...]

Sex Workers As Anarchists: An Introduction To Whoring

MaggieMayhem — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:23:20 +0000

I do not understand why prostitution is illegal. Why should prostitution be illegal. Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn’t selling fucking legal? You know, why should it be illegal to sell something that’s perfectly legal to give away. I can’t follow the logic on that at all. Of all the things you can [...]

Oil is Property by Warfare for our Lifestyle

PunkJohnnyCash — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:04:39 +0000

While looking for patriotic images to use for reference for my blasphemous paintings I ran across some old American Heritage Magazines. I stumbled upon an article that I found fascinating ‘The Tyranny of Oil’ by Carl Solberg. What really fascinated me about the article was that it seemed straight forward. It was written before the [...]

Re-Thinking U.S. Foreign Policy

Orion — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:27:43 +0000

Despite my appearance here at Gonzo Times, I’m not fully on board with Punk Johnny Cash on all things. I’m sure he knows this and so we are good and fine where we do agree. I’m an International Relations guy and I’ve read a whole lot on policy from varying different views. I don’t go [...]

Professor Kliman’s “Radical” Critique of David Graeber and the Occupy Movement

Jehu — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:25:20 +0000

Or, why Zizek believed, ‘We must not succumb to the temptation to act’ Between Kliman’s critique of the Occupy movement, Ollman’s critique of Marx on working class consciousness and Zizek’s critique of Negri, I notice something of a pattern. Ollman in his piece, which I examined in my last blog, argues “between determining conditions and [...]

My May Day Post: The Marxist Academy and the Myth of “Working Class Consciousness”

Jehu — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:32:56 +0000

This May Day, as in all previous May Days going back almost to its establishment, will be marked by the indifference of the working class, at least in the United States, to its arrival. The odd thing about this is that May Day was born here in the United States as an expression of working [...]