The Working Class Intelligentsia·Mar 17, 2021Buttigieg’s Introduction to Gramsci’s Prison NotebooksIt’s true, Pete Buttigieg’s dad was a Gramsci scholar. Joseph Buttigieg translated the first eight of twenty nine “prison notebooks.”…A response icon1A response icon1
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Mar 8, 2021A Review of Theory Pleeb’s: “Waypoint. Timenergy, Critical Media Theory, and Culture War”As a kid my dad was an electrician and mom a hairdresser. Neither of them went to college, nor did their parents. My entire childhood they…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Dec 29, 2020How Can it be that Anyone is Nostalgic for the Soviet Union?Surveys from the Pew Research Center and Gallup show a majority of the people that live in many of the former Soviet Union feel its breakup…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Dec 24, 2020The Gay Liberal Progressive Communist Agenda to Destroy AmericaI grew up hearing about the “gay agenda,” the “liberal agenda,” and even the “Communist agenda.” It felt like powerful dark forces were…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Dec 22, 2020Socialism: Who Is Going To Pay For It?Socialists believe government has a role in the distribution of some goods and services, such as medically necessary health care, child…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Dec 18, 2020Capitalist Undermines the Middle ClassDemocratic socialists believe the rich and powerful have rigged the system. On the whole they have rigged the system not through…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Dec 6, 2020Defining Democratic SocialismWhat is democratic socialism? Something like what they have in Norway and Denmark? Are England, France and Germany democratic socialist…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Mar 15, 2020The Main Argument of Marx’s Wage Labour and CapitalMost criticism of capitalism focuses on how the system is rigged. Bernie’s entire campaign is built upon this argument. This argument is…
The Working Class Intelligentsia·Feb 23, 2020A Brief History of Socialist TheoryThis is a history of socialism focusing primarily on some of the important moments in socialist theory. It is very brief, and admittedly…
