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The Paradox of Tolerance: When Freedom Becomes a Weapon of Oppression
Published: April 28, 2026 16:01
The paradox of tolerance, a theory that challenges a society’s ability to defend democracy from within, is at the heart of the political turmoil plaguing the United States today. The idea, first articulated by philosopher Karl Popper, suggests that a…
Socialism Without Illusions
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/socialism-without-illusions/
Published: April 26, 2026 16:00
Among leftists, the question of why one continues to use the word “socialism” can for most seem almost unnecessary—until one notices how unstable the term has become even within our own ranks. We invoke it constantly, but often as shorthand for very…
A Two-Headed Hitler
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-two-headed-hitler/
Published: April 20, 2026 18:17
In what is perhaps the best book on Hitler, Allan Bullock wrote in Hitler: A Study in Tyranny that Hitler’s philosophy is the natural philosophy of the doss-house, the philosophy of homeless shelters – a philosophy he learned while living in those shelters…
Anwar Shaikh Shows Us How Capitalism Works and How It Fails
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/anwar-shaikh-shows-us-how-capitalism-works-and-how-it-fails/
Published: April 14, 2026 17:00
Heretics always remain tied to the church. To break out, what you do is nail your theses on the door, turn around and develop your own framework.” Most students of Anwar Shaikh, including the coauthors of this piece, will have heard this bold statement in…
21st-Century Fascism and the Antichrist
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/21st-century-fascism-and-the-antichrist/
Published: April 13, 2026 17:15
One of the most influential interpretations of 20th-century fascism is that fascism was a rebellion against the secularism of the modern era, which proposed a transcendent society both on a practical level (progress) and on a theoretical level (the…
Are We Good Americans?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/are-we-good-americans/
Published: April 8, 2026 18:07
When I was in High School, I used to wonder how did the German people put up with Hitler and his regime? Was there something about the German language that destroyed empathy? Had someone spiked their water? And so on. I wasn’t wondering about the lunatics.…
Movements Need the Critical Thinking That AI Destroys
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/movements-need-the-critical-thinking-that-ai-destroys/
Published: April 7, 2026 16:00
Millions of people are now asking chatbots to summarize books, draft emails, and even explain political events to them. But what looks from one perspective like a productivity revolution may also be something more discomfiting: the quiet outsourcing of…
There are Nine Kinds of Great Organizers. You Don’t Have to Be Them All.
Published: April 3, 2026 17:00
My first stint as a professional organizer was a dream. Four years on Chicago’s high pressure, high energy streets. Surrounded by brilliant comrades and generous mentors. Given the freedom, and support, to build a new young people’s organization. We even…
The Philosophy and Politics of Habermas
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-philosophy-and-politics-of-habermas/
Published: March 16, 2026 17:12
Among the many things that remain of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026, are two things: firstly, that the crisis of capitalism – a word the social-democratic master philosopher hardly used – is the normal state of affairs;…