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Damage Magazine, Sam Kriss, Ryan Zickgraf, Matt McManus, Amber A'Lee Frost, Joseph Grosso, Alex Hochuli, Dustin "Dino" Guastella, Benjamin Y. Fong, Scott Jenkins, Jared Abbott, Jen Pan, Adam Smith, Adolph Reed, Courtney Rawlings, Leigh Phillips, James Adair, Daniel ChengThe present moment is severely damaged and in need of wide-ranging assessment.
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This interview is from our sixth (and final) print issue, “Trains,” which is out now. Order your copy here.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
The present moment is severely damaged and in need of wide-ranging assessment.
It's got eyes of brown, watery; nails of pointed yellow
Pennsylvania-based journalist & writer. Contributing writer, UnHerd. Contributing editor, Bungacast. Also seen in: Jacobin, Compact Magazine, Damage Magazine, etc.
Matt McManus teaches at Spelman College and is the author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism amongst other books
NYC writer and librarian
Modernist. Host of global politics podcast, Bungacast. Co-author, "The End of the End of History" (bungacast.com/book). Editorial group, Damage Magazine. Bylines in New Statesman, American Affairs, UnHerd, Compact, Jacobin, etc.
Dustin "Dino" Guastella is Director of Operations for Teamsters Local 623 and a research associate with the Center for Working-Class Politics.
Scott Jenkins is a labor educator and an advisory board member at ASU’s Center for Work and Democracy.
Center for Working-Class Politics
Author of Selling Social Justice: Why the Rich Love Antiracism (Verso, 2025)
Adolph Reed, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College.
Host of Always at War
James Adair is an Ottawa based writer and organizer focused on building socialist working class institutions. His writing mainly focuses on the Canadian left.
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