(mirrored from Marx & Philosophy Review of Books) Sakai has always been provocative. His work, when it is not relegated to obscurity, is treated as either sacrosanct or heretical, and so it is very difficult to review his most recent book without capitulating to this binary. Moreover, his work is a …
There are people who write a lot of books, hoping that somewhere down the line theyâll have a winner. Then, there are people who write a book every thirty years and make sure itâs groundbreaking. J. Sakai belongs to the latter category. Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat, originally released …
by J. Sakai paperback 308 pages ISBN: 978-1-894946-90-2 J. Sakaiâs ground-breaking, The âDangerous Classâ and Revolutionary Theory: Thoughts on the Making of the Lumpen/Proletariat, is our first major exploration of this most controversial and least understood ânon-classâ in revolutionary politics. It is an attempt to unknot the puzzle.  It encompasses the …
Intro: There are millions of oppressed people inside the borders of the u.s., but Iâm not one of them. I come from a privileged background. Iâm not the main victim of the police. Nor am I a leader in the growing struggle against police violence. Recognizing how far I am …