"Look Away!"

On the class ideology of the song "Dixie"

Nov 24 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

VHS As ID

Austrian director Michael Haneke's masterful 2005 film Caché has much to teach about the Gaza genocide.

Nov 24 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

October 2025

The Wildfire of Capitalism

On metaphor in the face of catastrophe.

Oct 10 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

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June 2025

In Socialist Forum: Canvassing for the Commons

Towards a party- and consciousness-building electoral strategy rooted in Gramsci’s common sense

Jun 10 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

February 2025

Redistribution Or Recognition?

A conversation between Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel offers an occasion to revisit the debate.

Feb 6 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

December 2023

Stars and Strikes

On the missteps of celebrities during the SAG-AFTRA walkout.

Dec 3, 2023 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

December 2021

In The Monthly Review: All Is Calm, All Is Bright

Christmas, climate change, and the dialectics of winter

Dec 9, 2021 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

January 2021

Native Scenes from the Mall

As the Standing Rock Sioux lose another battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, two buildings in Washington D.C. remind visitors of the permanence of…

Jan 3, 2021 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

December 2020

In The New Republic: The Stubborn Classism of Classical Music

What critics get wrong about the genre’s long-standing diversity problems

Dec 10, 2020 • 

Robert Jackson Wood

May 2020

In New Politics: Viral Tendencies

Ten aphorisms on COVID-19, capitalism, and the climate crisis

May 27, 2020 • 

Robert Jackson Wood