Corey Robin
American political theorist; professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and author of The Reactionary Mind (2011) and The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (2019).
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Their wordsWhy is that? In large part because social democracy—or democratic socialism as we say today—was removed, purged, defeated, strangled, murdered, overthrown, taken off the table, by the end of the twentieth century.
- 7 weeks earlier
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Leo Strauss's literature reviews teach the reader something, unlike most academic lit reviews.
Their wordsIn other words, where our lit reviews leave the reader with the sense that you’ve essentially been wasting their time and your own, Strauss’s version of the lit review gives you a sense of gratitude, of time well spent, of having learned something through the exercise.
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Their wordsI understand that you might not believe El-Sayed, but again, purely at the level of the rhetoric, you damn well should believe that El-Sayed is saying the right thing and Biden—and everyone he speaks for in the Democratic establishment—is saying the wrong thing.
↗Whose words should make American Jews feel safer? Joseph Biden’s or Abdul El-Sayed’s?coreyrobin.com
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Palestinians living within Israel do not have the same rights as Jews living within Israel.
Their wordsOn those grounds alone it’s easy to see that Palestinians living within Israel do not have the same rights as Jews living within Israel.
↗Birthright Citizenship, from Clarence Thomas to Israelcoreyrobin.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Ending birthright citizenship would create a lower caste and would be no step toward democracy.
Their wordsNo one who is not a fanatical Trumpist thinks it would be a step toward democracy to overturn birthright citizenship. The reason being that it’s very clear jus sanguinis seeks to create a lower caste of beings
↗Birthright Citizenship, from Clarence Thomas to Israelcoreyrobin.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsI think the simplest explanation is that the Roberts Court is, above all, a neoliberal Court.
↗How to read the Supreme Court: It’s the neoliberalism, baby, except for Ketanji Brown Jacksoncoreyrobin.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsSpelled out in terms of ideological substance, it is a tradition that will not blink before repressive state power, unless that power violates the basic capstones of neoliberal capitalism: no tariffs, no political control over monetary policy, no fundamental redefinition of the nation such as to preclude, now and forever, the children of immigrants.
↗How to read the Supreme Court: It’s the neoliberalism, baby, except for Ketanji Brown Jacksoncoreyrobin.com 2nd of 2 in this piece