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Esha Krishnaswamy’s Journalist Portfolio

The Economy of Evil

The Economy of Evil

They say little if anything about the class policies of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. How did these regimes…

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Tibet, China, and the violent reaction of a wealthy elite

Tibet, China, and the violent reaction of a wealthy elite

Earlier this year, the Dalai Lama, in a BBC interview, said, "Receive them, help them, educate them... but ul…

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Jacobin’s Logic Boy Problem: How We Make Our Case Matters

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By Esha Krishnaswamy
| historic.ly
This is Part Two of a two-part series examining Jacobin’s article “It’s Prime Time for Socialists.” Please read Part One Free Speech and Multiparty Democracy Are Not Socialist Principles Logic Boy frets: “The problem is that this does exactly nothing to reassure anyone that we really are committed on principle to free speech and multiparty democracy." But why should that be the problem? Why should socialists be “committed on principle” to free speech and multiparty democracy at all?
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Jacobin’s Logic Boy Ben Burgis Fails Logic 101

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By Esha Krishnaswamy
| historic.ly
Jacobin has done it again. True to form, the publication that brings us endless dispatches explaining why Karl Kautsky was actually right—and occasional articles on China that somehow manage to earn warm praise from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—has now delivered another wearying article by Ben Burgis, whom I affectionately call “Logic Boy” ever since our 2020 debate about Chomsky.
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Chomsky: Playing in the Empire's Sandbox

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By Esha Krishnaswamy
| historic.ly
As this essay continues an examination of the limits of Noam Chomsky’s anti-imperialism, readers are encouraged to consult the earlier installments in the series: Introduction: Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously Chomsky’s Linguistics Theories of Nothing Chomsky: The Acceptable Dissident Chomsky: The Moderate Rebel Chomsky: The Incomplete Anti-Imperialist Noam Chomsky’s critique follows a consistent pattern.
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