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Zizek’s Metapolitics

Posted on December 3, 2009 by AK

Slavoj Žižek is one of today’s most brilliant philosophers. There’s no disputing that he sounds rambling and incoherent, but far from being off-putting, it forces one to consider (decipher?) his words all the more carefully. Indeed, the material and ideas … Continue reading →

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Violence is Reality

Posted on October 11, 2009 by AK

Realism has been falling out of favor since the end of the Cold War, condemned by the Kumbaya crowd, avoided by the liberal, PC-gone-wild intelligentsia, and denigrated by “end of history” ideologues (many of whom all too cynically remain realists while … Continue reading →

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One Nation under CCTV

Posted on August 10, 2009 by AK

Now we’ve all known for some time that Britain is degenerating into a neoliberal version of East Germany, with its endemic surveillance and database wet dreams, and few things really surprise me any more, but every so often it manages … Continue reading →

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Missing the Forest for the Trees

Posted on August 1, 2009 by AK

Russia is commonly represented as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in the Western media, ruled over by Kremlin clans who sugarcoat their kleptocracy with bombastic nationalism. The most oft-cited evidence comes from Transparency International. This is … Continue reading →

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Victimized Venezuela III: The Road to Reconciliation

Posted on April 19, 2009 by AK

At the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, two great leaders, Obama and Chavez, shook hands in what could be the symbolic first gesture of reconciliation. Treasonous neocons will no doubt rush to condemn this as yet another limp-wristed … Continue reading →

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News 31 Jan

Posted on January 31, 2008 by AK

The Western media has begun to whine about the Russian presidential elections five weeks in advance. Their beef is that Kasyanov was barred from running, ostensibly because above 5% of his required signatures were rigged, but actually to undercut the … Continue reading →

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