Jewfros in Palestine
Many of Israel’s defenders hold entirely reasonable positions — so long as they forget that there are actual Palestinians living there.
164 Articles by: Corey Robin
Corey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributing editor at Jacobin.
New York’s War on Academic Freedom
The New York State Legislature is readying to pass a bill that would make it illegal for any college or university in the state to use public monies to fund faculty membership in — or travel to — academic organizations that boycott the institutions of another country.
The Beauty of the Blacklist
Pete Seeger sacrificed to fight the blacklist. How many of us would have done the same?
Socialism: Converting Hysterical Misery into Ordinary Unhappiness
The Left wants to give people the chance to do something with their lives, by giving them time and space away from the market.
Jumaane Williams and Dov Hikind
Jumaane Williams is fast on his way to becoming the Gerald Ford of New York City’s progressive Democrats.
When Professors Oppose Grad Student Unions
“You are very lucky to be here.”
When Richard Nixon Met Karl Polanyi
On the Guaranteed Annual Income, Nixon turned to Polanyi.
Robert Taft: “Moderate” and McCarthyite
Robert Taft would have felt at home among today’s Senate reactionaries.
Don’t Disrupt the Disruptors
Union workers – especially union workers on strike – really piss the Bay Area technorati off.
What Does Obama Think They Were Doing at Stonewall?
Obama has a peculiar view of class struggle and progress.
Libertarianism, the Confederacy, and Historical Memory
Libertarians have been debating the neo-Confederate sympathies of some in their movement.
Margaret Thatcher’s Democracy Lessons
The text from a 1982 letter sent from Margaret Thatcher to Friedrich von Hayek.
Nietzsche, Hayek, and the Meaning of Conservatism
Libertarians aren’t pleased with Corey Robin’s new work on Nietzsche and the Austrian school. Here’s his lengthy rebuttal.
David Brooks: The Last Stalinist
David Brooks disapproves of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
The Leopold and Loeb of Modern Libertarianism
“Nathan Leopold is not the only boy who has read Nietzsche.”
The Children of Men
Edmund Burke to Niall Ferguson: You know nothing of my work. You mean my whole theory is wrong. How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing.
Shulamith Firestone and the Private Life of Power
Firestone did for feminism what Camus did for existentialism.
The Lady’s Not for Turning
Want to know why conservatives revere Margaret Thatcher? Watch this clip.