In the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh describes the process by which she began theorizing white privilege. We look at her narrative in depth, and try to see what it tells us about how privilege concepts were first constructed and what this means for us today.
Read more...Discussions of privilege have become ubiquitous, and Peggy McIntosh’s 1988 talk has something to do with this. But there are strange contradictions in the chronology of her account of how her views changed. What did she believe earlier? We look at the evidence.
Read more...Privilege has gone from an idea discussed by a few activists to an entirely mainstream concept enjoying great respect. How does the idea actually work out in practice? What is its history? The focus is on the seminal work of Peggy McIntosh.
Read more...Turkey is entering a major crisis, which many of the media have been quick to blame on Erdogan’s nationalist inclinations. However, the crisis has much more to do with poor economic fundamentals and the lending decisions of European banks.
Read more...Economic migrants seek prosperity and are justified in doing so, yet they can also be seen as pawns in an international strategy that destroys the negotiating leverage of workers. The resulting contradictions potentially render conventional political classifications obsolete.
Read more...Not only is the isle of Jersey facing increasing scrutiny for its status as a notorious tax haven, especially from the UK, but populist desire for reform is surging from within as elections approach.
Read more...The recent Italian elections produced some shocking results. Now it’s time for the parties to try to put together a coalition government. Who will succeed? What will the new government look like?
Read more...Elon Musk can conjure up wonderful images of the future. In the here and now, can he even produce cars (batteries? solar panels? anything?) on schedule? What is going to happen to Tesla?
Read more...Myths and realities concerning the results of the recent Italian elections: who won, who lost, and who simply got it wrong
Read more...Politicians and economists are meeting at Davos, but as times change, does neoliberalism retain its cachet?
Read more...The weight of the policies from previous decades hangs over China as it attempts to confront an upcoming demographic crisis
Read more...Bitcoin uses a computation system to prevent fraud, but computation takes energy, which damages the environment, all at an increasing rate.
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