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2016 Elections: The Political Process as a Mechanism of Control

This article examines the US political process and the duopoly party system within a vast array of state strategies and elite manipulation. It contends that analyses of the political process as a real engine of change and that significant differences within the two-party system are flawed because they do not account that they serve as mechanisms for how power and dominance in maintained and reproduced.

By | 2018-06-08T12:49:27+00:00 June 8th, 2018|Member news, News & Announcements|Comments Off on 2016 Elections: The Political Process as a Mechanism of Control
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Coercive Occupations as State Facilitation: Understanding U.S. State’s Strategy of Control

Central to this argument is the idea that segments of the population, including some of the most exploited and oppressed, derive material and ideological benefit from the misery associated with the inequalities that are rooted in the current established social order. It is this complexity that demands an explanation that can move beyond simple dichotomies (e.g., elite vs. non-elite) to a greater understanding to how individuals collaborate with a system that is rooted in inequality. This article examines one of the ways that the U.S. state facilitates the incorporation of millions of individuals into the rank-and-file of policing, correctional, national security, and military organizations. Coercive occupations are deeply embedded in U.S. society and contribute to a way of life for millions as premier job suppliers. Yet, allegiance cannot be reduced to economic motives and interests, because loyalty is also culturally contrived.

By | 2018-06-08T12:48:13+00:00 June 8th, 2018|Member news, News & Announcements|Comments Off on Coercive Occupations as State Facilitation: Understanding U.S. State’s Strategy of Control
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Pouvoir Constituant Betrayed: A Model of Abjection in Power Relations

Examination of the limit serves as a powerful tool for revealing the hidden characteristics of concepts, and also their relationship with other concepts. This article follows the processes of sovereign exceptionalism from Marx to the capitalist estrangement of labour from Marx to their limit figures. The paper builds on comparisons between the proletarian and the homo sacer; however, the focal point is not on the figures themselves, but their importance in understanding the effect of biopolitics on power relations. Building on the concept of pouvoir constituant as discussed by Carl Schmitt, this paper addresses the ways in which different types of constituent power form structures that can then be used against the constituents themselves. The limit figures suggest a process of abjection is co-created in the establishment of power structures, and that overcoming this process requires a conscious dis-agreement with the politics of policing.

By | 2017-02-20T10:37:14+00:00 February 20th, 2017|Member news, News & Announcements|Comments Off on Pouvoir Constituant Betrayed: A Model of Abjection in Power Relations
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The Empire Strikes Back: Towards a Marxist Critique of Soccer in Sub-Saharan Africa

Attempts to critique and problematize the inequalities embedded in international sporting codes fall short in their failure to integrate the Marxist discussion of capitalist imperialism. This paper brings into conversation current scholarship on soccer in Africa with the works of Lenin on Imperialism and emerging discussions on nonterritorial imperialism. By examining both historical and structural perspectives on the imperialist use of soccer in Africa, visibility comes to the inequalities within international sport and also the theoretical formation of capitalist imperialism.

By | 2017-02-20T10:28:06+00:00 February 20th, 2017|Member news, News & Announcements|Comments Off on The Empire Strikes Back: Towards a Marxist Critique of Soccer in Sub-Saharan Africa
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