Monthly Archives: February 2012

FEMINISM & THE POLITICS OF THE COMMONS

by SILVIA FEDERICI (excerpt) We need to overcome the state of irresponsibility concerning the consequences of our actions that results from the destructive ways in which the social division of labor is organized in capitalism; short of that, the production of our life inevitably becomes a production of death for others. As [Maria] Mies points […]

REBELLION IN GREECE: PRELUDE TO EUROPEAN REVOLUTION? A DEBATE WITHIN THE LEFT.

  by Savas Michael-Matsas The worst fears of the ruling classes of Greece and Europe are becoming true: an uncontrollable social explosion is under way in Greece. When these lines are written, late in the night on February 12-13, 2012, the violent clashes and street fights between demonstrators and the riot police, in the center […]

Guest Post: The Real Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday

by Dave Zirin I emerge from the echo-chamber of Super Bowl Sunday energized and armed with a new set of heroes and folk-tales to pass on to others. My hero on our great (near) secular national holiday wasn’t Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who one suspects would be going to Disney World whether he won or […]