Gunar Olsen

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Gunar Olsen

Gunar Olsen

@GunarOlsen

PhD student in Jurisprudence & Social Policy at @BerkeleyLaw. Writing on US foreign policy in @jacobin @damagemagazine @newrepublic @thenation.

Berkeley, CA Katılım Temmuz 2010
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Gunar Olsen
Gunar Olsen@GunarOlsen·
The economic logic of capitalism enabled the West to weather the storm of the 1970s shocks far better than the Soviet model did for the East. My review in @damagemagazine of @fritz_bartel’s tremendous structural account of the end of the Cold War: damagemag.com/2023/06/28/bar…
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Nick French@nickfrenchnyc·
The socialist project is more complicated than just making a working class “in itself” into a working class “for itself.” Yet understanding objective class interests remains essential. My latest for Left Notes: left-notes.com/p/workers-midd…
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Bhaskar Sunkara
Bhaskar Sunkara@sunraysunray·
I did a surprisingly long @voxdotcom interview with @EricLevitz about Zohran's victory and, looking to the future, what the economics of a feasible socialism AFTER capitalism could look like. Appreciate being able to go so deep on markets and planning! vox.com/politics/46739…
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LPE Blog@LPEblog·
Today, @mddimick argues that while antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit’s sake. The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust. lpeproject.org/blog/marx-anti…
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Luxemburg v Bukharin
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Jacobin@jacobin·
Mainstream economics argues that the tax system is the best tool for reducing economic inequality. In fact, “predistributive” measures like minimum wages and collective bargaining can be equally or more effective. jacobin.com/2025/10/predis…
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“The problem with this approach for the Left is that most politically active people are embedded in institutions that do not become progressively more accountable to a popular working-class base.”
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“It is more likely that one will try to rationalize one’s political activity as having spillover or trickle-down effects, developing a theory of political action that places oneself as close to power as possible. Thus hyperpolitics is a way of doing politics just where one is…
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Gunar Olsen@GunarOlsen·
Like South Africa, the Houthis are showing the world what Palestine solidarity looks like. The many attempts by Beltway folks to belittle this solidarity are moral failures and obstacles to justice. My latest for @newrepublic: newrepublic.com/article/178415…
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In 1976 British IMF crisis, “US and West German policymakers insisted on budget cuts not bc they adhered to the neoliberal intellectual revolution, but rather bc they viewed neoliberalism as the best means of waging the Cold War in the mid-1970s.” academic.oup.com/dh/article-abs…
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Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy
Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy@catalyst_theory·
The new issue of Catalyst is out now. In our lead article, Vivek Chibber examines radical theorists’ abandonment of materialism over the past quarter century and offers both an elaboration and a defense of materialist analysis. Get a $20 introductory subscription: catalyst-journal.com/subscribe?code…
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Stephen Wertheim
Stephen Wertheim@stephenwertheim·
Biden and Harris ran for president as candidates of the system, right down to campaigning with Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz. As Democrats reckon with the future of their party, foreign policy must be part of the reckoning. My thoughts in @guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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