They accept the menu handed to them by the dominant order and choose “somewhere in between,” mistaking this shallow triangulation for thoughtful moderation. In doing so, they reveal themselves not as political strategists or philosophers, but as petty idealists—small in vision, limited in courage, and content to exist as middle managers of systemic injustice.  

Our Struggle  is a militant theoretical series dedicated to dismantling the illusions that pass for politics in our time. It refuses the comfort of spectacle, symbolic resistance, or shallow identity performance. Instead, it seeks to build a strategic framework grounded in material conditions, emotional clarity, and the sober recognition that we are, in fact, at war—against entrenched power, liberal containment, and the internalized habits that dull insurgency before it begin

Poetry in performance is about the full body on the stage. The tremor in the poet’s hands, their voice shaking, their mismatched socks.

[Rather] than leaving these spaces feeling that the traumatic event has been adequately addressed, [a trauma metaphysic remains].

For many, words are sacrosanct only insofar as they are bluntly instrumental.  They must be instantly efficacious, dense as a rock...

Elaina Erola won the Maria Spiridonova Remembered Writing Contest with her essay "What Their Spirits Know," but check out the runners-up!

The elite decide who and how many will be remembered, and who and how many will be forgotten. 

The place for Native American women is treacherous. We no longer live on the battlefield fighting our enemies, but...

Upholding principles then becomes integral to BDSM as it is part of social reality. This immediately indicts sadism as being open-ended...

Given the intricate interplay between alexithymia and dissociation, PAQ-S emerges as a potentially powerful tool [for working with DID].

In 2023, amid groundbreaking advancements, we're still debating the ethics of delivering electric shocks to children.

This idea challenges traditional ethical frameworks, from Plato’s forms to the consequentialist ethics of Bentham, to Kant's imperative.

Suppose this script is a consequence not of a logical exploration of the Mattel Barbie and Ken dyad but an ideological propagation.

Delve into mental health complexities, reinstitutionalization, and transformative therapies. Explore hope, dignity, and inclusive care.

If virtue signaling were an Olympic sport, Stephen Pearl Andrews would be surprised if Mark Nowak's Social Politics didn't win gold.

Volunteering for our communities, a time honored practice. Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis explores how we spend our time with these snapshots.

Part 6 of the Memoirs Of A Bearcat series. Time has passed since the events that transpired at Turtle Island in October 2016.

Nobody is beyond reproach, not even the gay community. Paul Smit explores the darkness of coping mechanisms within the gay community.

Gregg Williard's "Dim Bulbs" is an enquiry in words and drawings into right-wing "strategized" or "weaponized" stupidity

Steven Pearl Andrews thinks more texts should be bannable. Find out why!