Leftist Arrogance and the Question of Religion

“Modern humans made the night sky opaque; made the stars disappear; cut ourselves off from the cosmos; severed ourselves and our children from celestial miracles; banished mystery and knowledge; exiled ourselves from infinity.” – Drew Dellinger It’s been a real pleasure to watch the it’Sunny blog develop and grow, and I’m excited to find myself

Why Capitalism is Inherently Racist

As the world continues to be a deeply racist society, racism continues to inhere in at least two aspects of the system. First, the continued exploitation of people of color for profit. And second, it is demonstrated in the demand that people of color must accommodate to the white man’s system, rather than vice versa. 

The Limits and Possibilities of Morality for Finite Humans Living in a Finite World

“Nihilism represents the ultimate logical conclusion of our great values and ideals – because we must experience nihilism before we can find out what these ‘values’ really had. – We require, sometime, new values.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power, Preface, §4. How do we – human, all too human beings – reform our

Story-time

St. Augustine and Heidegger were two thinkers obsessed with time. Not time in the sense that physicists might understand it, but time as a phenomenon: how humans experience time. St. Augustine was fascinated with the mystery of time: in what sense do the past and future exist? They are in an obvious sense unreal –

Liberals, Look to Your Left!

Almost anyone who identifies as being somewhere on the radical end of the political spectrum – as an anarchist or an autonomous Marxist or just a plain old leftist, for instance – has probably found themself in situations where they have had to explain their ideas to well-meaning but deeply frustrating individuals who also seek

Some More Gender Trouble

‘Are you a man or a woman, dear?’ A question that’s been eating away at me for quite some time. As if these are the only two options. For many non-genderqueer people, this particular question enjoys an almost solidified and unquestionable status as a factual principle of gender reality. You are either a man or

Eviction Convictions: Property Rights versus Human Rights

In Cape Town, South Africa, there has recently been an outbreak of riots, and the very first thing that most news sources would tell you about was the violence. Oh, the violence, so bad, so terrible. And yes, violence is absolutely awful, and should always be a last resort. However, thanks to the unilateral narratives

Thinking Beyond the Ballot

I have never voted at the polls.  It is not a statement that I make openly to many people in my life, as it is often met with great disdain and dismissal, or a “yes but…” kind of statement.  I am very passionate about this position.  I always have been something of an anarcho- communist,

An American Dream: The Ever-Elusive Neoliberal Nightmare

As I wake from an interrupted slumber that won’t allow me to go back to bed, Tyler Durden’s words from Fight Club ring in my head as I grieve the fantasy of what I once believed to be true. “I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation

Ghosts

When we look out at the sky at night, we’re also looking back into the past. The light from distant stars takes so long to reach us that we cannot be sure that, in reality, they’re still there. Although the myriad things that surround us on Earth – rocks and rose bushes and panda bears