A Pandemic Pivot
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
If the current pandemic is a test of the global emergency response system, the international community is flunking big time.
The Problem of Surplus White Men
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
The past option of sending surplus white men off to other lands is no longer on the table. In taking the problem of surplus white men seriously, it’s not necessary to jettison identity politics or pander to sexism and racism.
The Black Death Killed Feudalism. What Does COVID-19 Mean for Capitalism?
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
Are we now at just such a moment in world history? Will the coronavirus permanently transform the relationship between the state and the market?
Will the Coronavirus Kill Globalization?
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
The global spread of a new pathogen has exposed the fragility of modern life. As it moves around the world, the coronavirus has compromised the circulatory system of globalization, dramatically reducing the international flow of money, goods, and people.
Inside the Battle for Another World
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
With the longstanding liberal-conservative status quo now crumbling, the new right has not only taken up this call, it is putting it into practice. This construction of “another world” — an intolerant, anti-democratic, unsustainable world — can be stopped before it is too late. But it requires that the best of us regain the conviction that Yeats described — not just to counter the new right, but to save the planet from ruin.
A Fairy Tale from 2050: Donald Trump and the Triumph of Anti-Politics
By John Feffer, TomDispatch
I remember the birth of antipolitics. I was a young woman when dissidents in the communist world began to associate official political activity with support for an immoral order. Voting, they believed, was an empty gesture if the ruling party won 99% of the ballots cast.
Splinterlands: The View from 2050
By John Feffer, TomDispatch
Let me start with a confession. I’m old-fashioned and I have an old-fashioned profession. I’m a geo-paleontologist.
Piketty in Elysium
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
Concerns about economic inequality are driving summer blockbusters and New York Times best sellers. When will they start driving our politics?