Category Archives: Alex Stubberfield

This essay grapples with the latest weapon in information warfare in the United States: “fake news.”  The introduction of “fake news” into the political discourse by the Donald Trump administration has exposed the fragility of the political reality constructed and … Continue reading →

Wendy Brown’s latest book, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution, ends on a down note In her view, Americans are doomed to lose our democratic identity through the creep of homo economicus as the hegemonic subjectivity through which we interpret … Continue reading →

This essay addresses current trends in rhetoric within the American patriot movement. It describes the Oath Keepers, a rightwing organization whose avowed purpose, based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the United States Constitution, is to prevent supposed further violation of … Continue reading →

Americans continually express a general feeling of powerlessness in opinion polling regarding the course of national politics.[1] More, the nation’s wealthy citizens now wield an inordinate influence by co-opting politicians as mouthpieces for their interests.[2] That is, individuals and firms … Continue reading →