Against Everything: The Epistemology of the Essay
Mark Greif's essays in Against Everything are frequently unsettling. But unsettling can be either good or bad. It can mean the upending of our assumptions, a break from established patterns.
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Deadly Facts: How So-Called Objectivity Created a Culture of Conformity
About a century ago the Western world entered an age of artificial substitutes, technical ingenuity, mechanical products, technological values, and accelerating motion. The watchword of that age was objectivity – a highly illusive standard for both leaders and the led. In particular, the notion of objectivity deeply affected the emerging mass communications industry, which before long was serving as one of the most powerful tools of global social management.
Necessary Trouble: A Field Guide for the Resistance
The resistance is everywhere. It’s in the streets and at the airports. It’s in public office and on Twitter. It’s with the Nazi-punchers and the general strikers. Resistance to Trump is everywhere, and it’s growing. Much of the current organizing against Trump is building off of the last decade of social movement activity in America.
Trump Administration Puts Funding for VT-Based Rape Crisis Organization on Uncertain Ground
The Vermont-based non-profit H.O.P.E. Works is one of many rape crisis organizations across the country in jeopardy of losing their financial foothold if the Trump administration moves forward on its plans to eliminate the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Trump’s Vision of a Militarized America
At over $600 billion a year and counting, the Pentagon already receives significantly more than its fair share of federal funds. Trump and his team are now promising that spending on defense and homeland security will increase dramatically in the years to come.
Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses: The Wide Variety of Religious Minorities Throughout the Middle East
The ill-considered ban on Muslim refugees and visa applicants set in motion by President Trump had an “escape clause” concerning non-Muslim minorities who were being persecuted. Only Christians were mentioned, but the Middle East has a host of religious groups with a long history.