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The Baffler’s May Day Round Up

The Baffler

May 01, 2017

A mixture of organizing, legal battles, and political incompetence have kept the newly-minted Trump administration from attaining all of its goals. But with immigration, labor, and health care under perpetual attack, organizers throughout the country have seized upon May Day ...

Time to Unite

Sarah Jaffe

May 01, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

Gods of War

Siddhartha Deb

May 01, 2017

Contraband

With Trump, aerial bombing has returned to its imperial roots.

Daily Bafflements

The Baffler

April 28, 2017

• Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival—a.k.a. Coachella for even richer, and even stupider, people—has been canceled due to Lord of the Flies-like conditions. (Some have also compared it to The Hunger Games.) The “luxury” festival—which promised resort-style accommodations ...

Big-League Bluster

Marissa Gemma,  Arielle Zibrak

April 28, 2017

The persistent overuse of adjectives signals the speaker’s doubt that they have something to say in the first place.

Put Me In, Coach!

Sarah Jaffe

April 27, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Mismeasure of Media

Chris Lehmann

April 27, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

Without the broader class background furnished by the righteous elite crusade against Sandersism, the miscalled general election comes off as freakish.

Mary Shows Up

Jessa Crispin

April 26, 2017

Paradise Tossed

The degradation of sacred femininity has a tendency to trickle down.

Bomb Envy

Rafia Zakaria

April 26, 2017

Alienated

A refusal to assess damage is tantamount to caring only that a bombing occurs rather than what or whom it kills.

Against Fear

Sarah Jaffe

April 25, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Anatomy of Liberal Melancholy

J.M. Bernays

April 25, 2017

In a moment that cries out for new approaches to economics and politics, liberalism regresses to a simpler time.

A Typical Wall Street Republican

Sarah Jaffe

April 24, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...