A Woman Under The Influence by John Cassavetes, 1974

This was a good event. I got to read portions of Eugene Debs's 'Canton Speech' at the WWI memorial. It was the speech that got Debs thrown in jail on charges of mutiny and treason during the war. And yet he still pulled almost a million votes for president in prison.

'People who have nothing - no power, no money, no media - have only their discipline as a possibility of strength.'
Alain Badiou

This was a really fun interview! One of the best things about publishing a book are the conversations you get to have with people:

A young man in the West Bank managed to down an Israeli spying drone with a rock.

If you are interested in that crazy schematic drawing, wait until you see what we've been up to since then!

My latest interview and discussion with Benjamin Studebaker on his book The Way is Shut is now up. And I finally added chapters to help navigate the discussion better.

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The anxiety of the other party is precisely the string that sadistic desire means to pluck.

An interesting collections of essays. McClendon argues James is ultimately a voluntarist in his turn to the Johnson-Forest Tendency. In any case, this is an extremely thought provoking text.

This quote from Nietzsche’s The Greek State better summarizes the essence of fascism than anything I’ve ever read tbh

What people like BAP want is to truly unchain US imperialism from any kind of restraints in favor of a brutal crusade that forges a new elite

Daniel Tutt Its on the shelves at B&N and they had multiple copies (down to 1 last time I checked). Also at a local used bookstore which carries a book case of new books of post modern lit and leftwing lit called the Book Marx. And this would be in SW MO flyover land.

An update on my book: danieltutt.com/2024/05/10/upd…

Let it be known that I do not support 'patsoc' socialism. In fact, I tell the leaders of these groups why I think patriotic socialism is a dead-end.

This is a banner for “Freud”—a tool company. lol. As Levi Vonk pointed out they should hire Zizek to say ‘precisely’ for their advertising.

I have so much respect for these young people.