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'Is the traditional family the foundation of democracy?' It depends what kind of traditional family you’re talking about. Throughout most of European and American history, the family was organized around a patriarch with power over sl*ves, servants, poorer neighbors and his sons and daughters. Those families were the foundation of inequality. Our founding fathers didn’t idealize “family values.” … Continue reading Is the traditional family the foundation of democracy? ‘‘‘Why doesn’t she leave?’ is probably one of the most frequently asked questions for those who witness a woman suffering domestic violence. Implicit in this question is frustration and mystification that women are failing to ‘look after themselves’, and often their children, by remaining caught in a web of violence and abuse. This individualizing discourse places the responsibility men buy into them, further evidence the production of distinctly antisocial forms of sociality and subjectivity within neoliberalism. Exacerbating this situation are postfeminist imperatives of ‘liberation’ and ‘empowerment’ which imbue women with The confrontation finally came down to two basic issues: (1) Would Kennedy pledge that the US would not invade Cuba? And (2) would he make a public announcement that the US would withdraw its Jupiter nuclear missiles from Turkey, on the border of Russia and aimed at its heartland? On both issues, Kennedy ultimately refused. … Continue reading One Word Away from Nuclear War labored in the maquilas, the factories set up by U.S. corporations to as*emble … Continue reading New Babylon: The Export of Production “One of the ways in which these dualities affect people’s lives is through the (often unconscious) ideology, imagery, and as*ociations that mediate our perceptions of and relations with each other. Let me provide a concrete, contemporary example here. The fall and winter of 1991-92 brought several dramatic and controversial ra*e and se*ual-haras*ment cases to the … Continue reading “They just