NONFICTION: We publish ant-racist, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist articles, essays, and memoirs in our nonfiction section. Most of the writing you will find here encompasses socialist and communist ideals, while challenging the right-wing status quo, but our nonfiction publications encompass all topics important to the New Left, and the intersectionality of those topics.
Voter turnout is low. A growing number of people feel that the current form of American democracy is failing. But Technocracy is just Fascism with a college degree.
Technocracy Will Not Save America Read Post »
It will only be a matter of time before the accessibility and readily-available nature of A.I. partners will supersede the time and effort it takes to impress a real one.
The Future of Physical Love Read Post »
The veteran doorman of a popular St. Pauli brothel in Hamburg, Germany describes a night in Europe’s largest Red Light District.
Conversations with a Brothel Doorman Read Post »
We all know the things we want. We lust, we hide, we lie, we cheat, we need. We desire. It’s inherently, truthfully, human.
An Unfinished Exploration of Desire Read Post »
If we aren’t careful, true Fascism will grow and take hold in this country – not Nazi thugs on the streets in their brown shirts perhaps, but our own, Americanized version of it, bloated and overwrought, with stars and eagles instead of a swastika bound by a thick circle that would keep anyone who isn’t anglicized, God-fearing, white and heterosexual at the bottom of an ever-deepening barrel.
The Persistence of Fascism Read Post »
The morning. Baby and I arrive in Berlin just after eight. It’s raining. A cold mist cleaves the streets. We left early and our eyes are half-open from half-sleep on the train. We lost our tickets crossing Karstädt and had to search our bags, our pockets, the floor when the conductor asked us where they were. We finally found them at the bottom of the valise, tucked away for safe keeping.
Duality: On Conscience and Guilt Read Post »
Raised after the fall of the Berlin Wall and USSR collapse, my relationship to a divided Germany, and of the war that led to it, was a tangential one.
The Guilt of Tangential Crimes Read Post »
Conservatives and Liberals alike have come together to condemn “Antifa,” showing just how right-wing the United States is.
For the Record, Antifa =/= Nazis Read Post »
What does the United States as a unified country even look like? Very different, clearly, to different groups. And the alt-right sure isn’t helping.
Bringing the Country Together Read Post »
We are finally coming face to face with the intelligent robots we’ve always imagined. What will that mean for humans?
With the Digital Age came computers. With computers came the internet. With internet came your post, their post, funny post, mean post, political post…
You’re An @sshole: Being “Right” in the Digital Age Read Post »
Asteroids, climate change, nuclear holocaust, disease, politics… These are certainly the End Times. But how likely is it that humans will go the way of the dinosaur?
Will Humans Go Extinct? Read Post »
Old economy jobs are disappearing. Politicians, as hard as they might try, can’t bring back jobs that don’t exist anymore.
Those Jobs Are Gone, and They’re Not Coming Back Read Post »
Ageism is a problem, but is not addressed in the same manner as other forms of discrimination. Let’s talk about growing old in America.
Ageism, Part One: What’s the Point of Living if No One Wants to F*ck You? Read Post »
What exactly is “old?” People share what growing old means to them in the latest segment of the Berlin Geist Literatur series on aging.
Ageism, Part Two: The Definition of Aging Read Post »