“[Kropotikins] idé om menneskets godhed var ikke blot radikal, den var også subversiv for selve staten.” — Zetland “I næsten alle politiske diskussioner foretages der enorme antagelser angående menneskets natur. Asylansøgere skulle være dovne profitjægere, folk på understøttelse potentielle svindlere og bankfolk inkarnerede gribbe. Bunkevis af lovgivning skrives ud fra en antagelse om, at folk […]

Interview med Bernie Sanders i Der Spiegel: “Sanders himself was never a member of the Democratic Party. He calls himself a socialist, a part of the political spectrum that has long been shunned in the United States. When asked how the Democrats lost the blue-collar vote to a billionaire, he has plenty to say. This […]

Rune Møller Stahl og Bue Rübner Hansen i Jacobin Magazine: “The liberal refusal to recognize structural racism and diverging class interests has created space for Trumpism. Understanding this entails that we move the struggle against racism beyond diversity management and begin developing economic policies that genuinely benefit working-class people — not just those white working-class […]

Adam H. Johnson om populisme-begrebet: “…without noting that the left’s version of the elite is largely grounded in reality while the right’s is not, those peddling populist think pieces commit intellectual malpractice.“ “THIS IS NOT a case where I feign journalistic objectivity or neutrality. I regard Chelsea Manning as one of this generation’s greatest heroes, […]