Just finished reading Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone (Jeder stirbt fur sich allein). Perhaps, as Geoff Wilkes suggests, a testament to “the banality of good”, but an unforgettabe saga of the cruel challenges to be faced resisting fascist tyranny. Too timely.

To refute fascism one must enlist the conceptual arsenal pioneered by Hegel. I will present the philosophical refutation of political fascism in Puebla, Mexico, at 10 AM on November 13th, at the IV German-Latinamerican Hegel Congress. Be there at the Auditorio Elena Garro.

The scene at one of three peaceful No Kings Antifascist demonstrations today in Athens, GA. Thousands here showed that not all DAWGS are appeasers of Trump’s unconstitutional kleptocracy.

WARNING: In Santiago, Chile, at the Universidad Diego Portales, at 4:40 PM Monday July 28th, I deliver my plenary address, “The Psychology of Thinking vs. the Logic of the Concept” - gravediggers of philosophy, beware!

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Hands-off our Democracy, our schools and universities, our immigrants, our jobs, our health care, and all our public services - say nearly a thousand demonstrators in Athens GA today.

READER ALERT: My 2022 book, IN DEFENSE OF REASON AFTER HEGEL: WHY WE ARE SO WISE, will be published in an Anthem Press paperback edition by October. Happily, It will include the dedication mistakenly left off the hardback edition: “In memory of William Maker, defender of reason”.

Day 127 of Year of Chudis

Day 126 of a Year of Chudis

We can’t think rigorously about freedom without thinking the concept. In these times we cannot afford to be thoughtless. See you in Santiago, July 28th to August 1st.

Today in front of the Athens City Hall a crowd of several hundred protested the illegal and unconstitutional assault on our government by Donald Trump, Musk, and his other accomplices. More to come.

Santa Claus strikes back over Kolkata

Zakir Hussain may be no more, but tabla master Anindya Chatterjee cast his own spell last night at the Blind School grounds in Behala, Kollkata, playing with an open palm at nearly the speed of thought. He is the guru of Manas’ tabla guru.

A new Kolkata tradition: at the inaugural performance of the Victoria Memorial Hall Arts Festival.

At the Bengal Biennale, 3 Selfies by Paritosh Sen, who years ago we visited in his Kolkata studio.

My labor agenda from my 2020 Senate campaign - more relevant than ever.

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