A personal weblog of radical social commentary.
I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
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A look at the interest rates charged by Kiva's microfinance field partners.
This is my attempt at an introduction to Marxian economics and materialist feminism. Most of the billions of people in the world today already do too much work, particularly women, especially in the so-called third-world or developing countries, and any scheme which promises to improve life by giving poor women _more_ work to do ought to be met and examined with the utmost suspicion.
An overly simplified theory of the relationship between slavery, Mormon cooperatives, and capitalism with application to some interesting events in American history.
On my arrest at the Occupy Denver encampment, trial, conviction, and ongoing fight against the criminalization of homelessness.
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A review of Rutger Bregman's _Utopia for Realists_
The enthusiasm surrounding Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency technologies is often fueled by a market fundamentalism at odds with socialism. Still, the Bitcoin-led explosion in electronic currencies and its underlying blockchain technology have introduced new fields of opportunity and experimentation in egalitarian and libertarian economics.
A look at the interest rates charged by Kiva's microfinance field partners.
This is my attempt at an introduction to Marxian economics and materialist feminism. Most of the billions of people in the world today already do too much work, particularly women, especially in the so-called third-world or developing countries, and any scheme which promises to improve life by giving poor women _more_ work to do ought to be met and examined with the utmost suspicion.
Pessimistic quotes by four thinkers on the [in]ability of capitalism to put technology to good use.
An overly simplified theory of the relationship between slavery, Mormon cooperatives, and capitalism with application to some interesting events in American history.
I enjoyed this talk by Michael Parenti, but think it could have benefited from a slightly more rigorous definition of socialism.
Shit libertarians say.
Saw this recommendation on the internet.
An overview of the Stop Online Piracy Act and a claim that the entertainment industry's aggressive rent-seeking is more harmful than anyone's pirating.
On my arrest at the Occupy Denver encampment, trial, conviction, and ongoing fight against the criminalization of homelessness.