From Socialist Register, Samir Amin on why the defence of humanity requires the radicalisation of popular struggles. From Harper's, an article on Zizek on Chomsky: Black, white, and red all over; and Colson Whitehead on how fiction works. From TLS, a review of Ennemis Publics by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Levy; and a review of Hysterical Men: The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness by Mark S. Micale. Eternal Damnation of the Spotless Mind: BHL on the dangers of forgetting. Why are movie critics disappearing from traditional media at an alarming rate? Roger Ebert won the first Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, but 33 years later, is he part of the problem? A review of So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government by Robert G. Kaiser (and more). Our capitalist government: Economic crises force government to find entirely new ways to fix problems — these improvisations then live on as tools of policy. How's business: Americans believe Wall Street’s contributions to the economy are essential, but its leaders rank poorly. "Now I understand why they hate us": How a middle-class white guy came to accept the evil embedded in American political and military might. An article on writers' email accounts of themselves. Dahlia Lithwick on how the Susan Crawford interview changes everything we know about torture.
