Ira AllenAgainst Preemptive SurrenderStop Saying You’ll Vote for Wet Toast in 2020Jul 25, 20191Jul 25, 20191
Ira AllenMake a Digital Artifact that Helps SomebodySo, your goal is to create a purpose-built digital artifact. But what even is that? Can it be just anything?Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018
Ira AllenSomething Broken in the Promised LandIn 1996, Wayne Kramer of Detroit rockers MC5 released his second full-length solo album, Dangerous Madness. MC5 were angry leftists, and…May 18, 2018May 18, 2018
Ira AllenTrumpism, Antisemitism, and ShameI met Timmy when I was in grad school in the Midwest. Hesitant, slim, patchily-bearded, he was a neo-Nazi, yes, but trying to not be. Timmy…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Ira AllenThe Last Free Place?Slab City resists linear narrative. Just from the last time I was there, a little before the old man died, to now — a mere four years —…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
Ira AllenWoods Far Darker: The Social Significance of the #TrumpTaxScamCurrent Republican tax bills in the House and Senate, rightly known as the #TrumpTaxScam, are easy to look past in one particular way.Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
Ira AllenOn Nazi-Punching, Moral and OtherwiseReflections after Berkeley and AuburnApr 19, 20171Apr 19, 20171
Ira AllenDear Friends on My Right About to Vote,To Decent People Considering TrumpNov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2016
Ira AllenDo the Work: Watch a CopI am helpless to force treatment of the racist policing and cancerous carceral state (or any of the other diseases rotting America from…Sep 22, 2016Sep 22, 2016
Ira AllenBeyond Lesser-EvilismA Different Open Letter to the #NeverHillary LeftSep 18, 20161Sep 18, 20161