Kevin Thomas

For those interested in how psychoanalysis can intersect with historical materialism, this essay shows how Deleuze and Guattari follow Marx on the topic of “lack.”
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Thanks so much, JD!!

On Engels’ concept of social murder.

Here, I briefly introduce Engels’ concept and then show how Marx’s analysis in Capital informs our understanding of the way in which capitalist society continues to commit what Engels calls social murder.

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How do we account for the widespread popularity of a book like Harari’s "Sapiens"?

What about it resonates with people? Or rather, how does Harari’s telling of history resonate with our own historical moment?
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I'm gonna read and restack more of yours asap. Wonderful writing. I'm about halfway through the one on Portuguese jokes. You're seamlessly pulling together so much--personal experiences, theory, historical context. Love it. Really interesting pieces.

Oh no worries! I didn't take it as a backhanded compliment. A lot of the ones you've been reading through had literally one "like" until you unearthed em and brought some light back to em. Honestly, I can't express how appreciative of that I am. And your commentaries are amazing and super generous.

Lmao @wokekillerwulf1488 😂

Amazing writers like @kevinkthomas.bsky.social & his Marx & Friends newsletter gets like 2 or likes (1 being from me) while randos with handles like @wokekillerwulf1488 get hundreds of likes & paid subscribers. So yeah, that's what we're up against... (P.S. Go subscribe to Marx & friends!)

Thanks so much for the shout out!!!
Haha, been getting more on articles in recent months ☺️ but far from hundreds!!

Love it! I'm in!

Piece on the history of madness and the relation between capitalism and mental illness.
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Is Marx still relevant in the post-“Fordist” era? Does Deleuze break from or operate beyond the general categories of Marx in his 1990 “Postscript on Societies of Control”?
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Just because capitalism can't realize liberty, equality and fraternity doesn't mean we can't.

Here's the latest in my series critiquing Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind."
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Accelerationists often point to the book "Anti-Oedipus" as a key source for their political theory.

However, Deleuze and Guattari say almost nothing about the idea in the text. And what they do say should give anyone advocating that idea pause. marxandfriends.substack.com/p/were-deleu...

My latest essay, on Marx’s theory of history.
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Here, I briefly summarize and elaborate on Jacques Bidet’s essay “New Interpretations of Capital,” introducing some of the merits and limitations he describes regarding three different general interpretations of Marx's Capital.
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Latest in my series critiquing Harari's "Sapiens."

In this one, I analyze how Harari highlights, as an example of an "ideal of social order," a legal code that presupposes the existence not only of class society but class society involving slavery.
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Here, I touch on the importance of the role of affect which Deleuze finds in the writing of all great philosophers and then take brief look at how that works in Marx’s “Capital.”
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Rhetoric, ideology, propaganda—are these enough to explain the rise of fascism?

This essay introduces a psychoanalytic theory of fascism based in an analysis of capitalism.
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The latest in my series critiquing Harari’s “Sapiens.”

In this one, I break down Harari’s take that, “What made Europeans exceptional was their unparalleled and insatiable ambition to explore and conquer.”
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It’s important to recognize that the types of laws Marx formulates are not laws of nature but laws of economics—capitalist economics in particular.
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many defenders of capitalism argue that the capitalist/bourgeoisie takes on the risk

in a sense, they are correct

the bourgeoisie profits from the theft of surplus value from their workers, but this profit risks a loss

meanwhile, the worker's exploitation is a total certainty

In this essay, I explain how Harari confuses the history of early capitalism and how recent research on early capitalism in the Netherlands supports Marx's theory.
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Love Irish politician telling Netanyahu to burn in hell
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ALWAYS note the language

Israelis: butchered
Palestinians: shattered

Living beings are butchered
Objects are shattered

Dehumanization is more subtle than you think

My latest essay:

"Resisting the urge to look away from Palestine."

"What helps me continue to engage with the news out of Gaza, despite its emotional toll, is knowing that so many others in the world—growing numbers of people—are seeing the same things."
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Here, I compare Harari and Marx on the Industrial Revolution and the destruction of traditional families and communities.
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That does seem to fit the race quite well

Lesser of two fascists

Shit and piss doth trickle downhill
Money surely doth not