Saul Alinsky writing in the 1970s famously prescribed a set of rules to be followed by leftist radicals to maximise the effectiveness of their protests and mobilizations. At the heart of his strategy was a focus on problems rather than solutions: The organizer’s first job is to create the issues or problems, and organizations must… Continue reading From Redistribution to Retribution: The Evolution of the Woke Agenda
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Book Review: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, “Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender and Identity – and Why This Harms Everybody”
It tells us something when a potential reviewer of a book is warned that so doing could spell the end of their academic career, or when a scheduled lecture or guest speaker is cancelled because students declare themselves unsafe while threatening violent disruption, or the plug is pulled on important research because one person feels… Continue reading Book Review: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, “Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender and Identity – and Why This Harms Everybody”