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Pádraig Sinjun

Pádraig Sinjun

Can we electioneer our way to an organized working class?

Among electorally-minded socialists in the US & UK, the honest ones admitted they were putting the cart before the horse…

Nov 21, 2021

Can we electioneer our way to an organized working class?

Nov 21, 2021

Pádraig Sinjun

Erica Chenoweth and the Shoddiness of Nonviolence Research

Like many social scientists before them, Chenoweth and Stephan use statistics to obscure more complex truths.

May 30, 2020

Erica Chenoweth and the Shoddiness of Nonviolence Research

May 30, 2020

Pádraig Sinjun

A letter to intellectuals who hide behind the word “purity”

The easy path for leftists in power is to quell and repress the diversity of views, debate and dissension among their fellow leftists.

Nov 23, 2019

A letter to intellectuals who hide behind the word “purity”

Nov 23, 2019

Pádraig Sinjun

The False Divide Between Workers

If we’re ever going to win a better world than capitalism, it’ll take us all working together. So, naturally, that’s the last thing…

Mar 31, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

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Socialist Dog Catchers (or Presidents) Won’t Save Us

The past few centuries have provided countless empirical examples of the futility of trying to achieve socialism through electoral…

Feb 26, 2019

Socialist Dog Catchers (or Presidents) Won’t Save Us

Feb 26, 2019

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The Subversive Nutcracker

For those who celebrate Christmas, few things are as evocative of the season as the brightly-colored nutcrackers most of us set on our…

Dec 1, 2018

The Subversive Nutcracker

Dec 1, 2018

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The Myth of Non-Reformist Reforms

This gem of a passage by economist Robin Hahnel has been locked away for years in a book of his but deserves a bigger audience, especially…

Mar 2, 2018

The Myth of Non-Reformist Reforms

Mar 2, 2018

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Is Student Activism Enough?

Freddie DeBoer has a new blogpost up at Jacobin, titled “Student Activism Isn’t Enough.” It’s classic Freddie: write an entire essay…

Jun 13, 2017

Is Student Activism Enough?

Jun 13, 2017

Pádraig Sinjun

Pádraig Sinjun

I write, train & organize around higher ed. Schools should be run by those who learn & teach there. Let’s end capitalism, white supremacy & heteropatriarchy.

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