Jodi Dean, who has a new Substack on the issue, on why AI is so terrible • Anatol Lieven on the bloody stalemate that is the Russia–Ukraine war (Sidecar piece here) The post The perils of AI, the horrors of the Russia–Ukraine war appeared first on KPFA.

Aditiya Nigam on the Cockroach movement in India • Gerald Epstein and Juliet Schor on a detailed set of proposals to transform the US economy (papers here) The post The Cockroach movement in India • transforming the US economy: a suite of proposals appeared first on KPFA.

Michaela Brangan, co-chair of the group that wrote DSA’s new platform, on that document • Hagen Blix, co-author of Why We Fear AI, on exactly that The post DSA’s platform • why we fear AI appeared first on KPFA.

Laura Field, author of Furious Minds, on the highbrow side of Trumpism—with a brief comment from David Austin Walsh on how similar the highbrows are to the deplorables The post Fundraising special: a look at the right, intellectual side mostly but not all appeared first on KPFA.

Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Country of Lords, on the anti-egalitarian tradition in American politics • Aziz Rana on tensions between the Declaration and the Constitution (2024 reprise) • Jasmine Wynn on the National Black Empowerment Coalition, basically an AIPAC front group (Jacobin article here) The post American anti-egalitarians, AIPAC’s black front group appeared first on KPFA.

Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class, on the private equity racket—who they are, what they do The post The private equity racket appeared first on KPFA.

Aaron Benanav, author of this pamphlet, on what a future socialist society might look like • Amy Laura Hall, author of Erecting the Pulpit, on muscular Christianity The post Designing the socialist future, taking the measure of muscular Christianity appeared first on KPFA.

Two views from BtN regulars on the US–Iran negotiations: Anatol Lieven and Mouin Rabbani The post What’s going on with the Iran negotiations? appeared first on KPFA.

Stuart Schrader, author of Blue Power, on how the political heft of cops allows them to get away with murder • Angela Jones, author of Sex in Public, on how the social and political shape our sexual lives (and vice versa)     The post Cop power, sex and the social appeared first on KPFA.

J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev, authors of Against Money, explain that curious stuff and enumerate its problems • Moira Weigel explains why the right hates Theory (October article here) The post Against money, hating theory appeared first on KPFA.