Former CIA Director John Brennan, numerous pundits and a large part of US public opinion are accusing Trump of treason on the basis of what happened in Helsinki. The accusation is that Trump betrayed his country by endorsing Putin’s denial of meddling over FBI’s and CIA’s view that Russia interfered in the US elections.
The Capitalist Realism of ‘Seveneves’
Frederick Jameson has pointed out that nowadays it seems easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.[1] Apocalyptic stories have become increasingly popular. In its original Christian meaning, however, apocalypse is laden with hope about a better world emerging. Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Seveneves (2015) is a work of capitalist realism, providing only a glimpse of hope – one of a reoccurrence of the US-style late 20th century capitalism in 7,000 ACE, on the New Earth. And even this glimpse of hope remains under threat. The reds are still out there trying to undermine the social system to which there is no real alternative.
Crisis of Globalisation: From Its Causes to Emancipation
The assumption that we can continue with the current institutions of the world economy – leaving all the most important global problems and contradictions unresolved – seems hopelessly utopian. [This is the sixth in the series of Social Europe on the Crisis of Globalisation, following the contributions of Dani Rodrik, James K.Galbraith, Robert Kuttner and others. It was originally published on 6 June 2018 here and other contributions can be found here and here.]
The Finnish University Strike 2018: A New Moment in the Process of Turning Universities into Business Corporations
A strike would have been unthinkable in 1995, 2005 or 2015, but in 2018 also the usually conservative Union of University Professors was ready to pursue industrial action. [This article was originally published by Brave New Europe on 17 March 2018 and is available also at our “turn in university politics” site.]
