Earl McCabe
Articles by Earl McCabe:
“I call myself a revolutionary when I feel ...”
in Issue 18 | No Gods No Masters (Jul 2012)other countries or the glorious past - Blanqui, Lenin, Luxembourg - become attached to the struggle - affective moments in my quotidian rhythms - « serious » and « scared » - attachment to the hegemonic order - I do have things to lose - a very graspable fantasy - that I might not be a « big deal »
Awk-upy: Left Love and Shame
in Issue 10 | Occupations (Nov 2011)a strange dance in DC - Žižek's word of caution - on the inside again - my suspicious involvement in the union - « I am guilty of resenting the masses » - lives on the left have felt misshapen and tenuous - resignation in the awkward
Depressive Realism: An Interview with Lauren Berlant
in Issue 5 | Realism (Jun 2011)why do people stay attached to lives that don’t work - a realist account of fantasy - how people maintain their footing in worlds that are not there for them - the instabilities of sexual non-sovereignty - alternative institutions of intimacy - the reproduction of erotophobia - simultaneously material and fantasmatic - the first step to solidarity
Madison: Occupation and the Appearance of “the People”
in Issue 2 | Breaking the Law (Mar 2011)the tactic of occupation - « outside agitators welcome » - a jubilant claim of birth and fulfillment - the same collective presence - a passionate plea for tedium