The Future in the Present

Writings of John Garvey

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The Future in the Present

“Over a hundred years ago, Hegel said that the simplest reflection will show the necessity of holding fast . . . the afflirmation that is contained in every negation, the future that is in the present. It is one of the signs of the advanced stage of human development that this is no longer a mere philosophical but a concrete question.”

C. L. R. James, “Dialectical Materialism and the Fate of Humanity“.”

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The Antifada Podcast

I recently had the opportunity to join The Antifada podcast and discuss a wide variety of topics and opinions. It was posted on March 15,

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Against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for the successful resistance of the Ukrainian people

John Garvey Preface This essay is an expanded version of remarks I made at a discussion on “War and Capitalist Crisis” held at the Woodbine

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Popular Front Radicalism: A review of Adolph Reed, Jr.’s The South

John Garvey This essay first appeared in Platypus Review 152/December 2022-January 2023. Preface The South has received a good deal of attention and its main

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How A Terrifying Event Became a Commercial for the Police

[originally published in Hard Crackers] John Garvey — May 22, 2022 During the morning rush hour on April 12th, an individual, after putting on a gas mask,

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A Matter of Life and Death: Winning the Fight for Vaccines

John Garvey — February 7, 2022 [Originally published in Hard Crackers}. It seems increasingly likely that a real end to the COVID pandemic will require all but

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War is hell! Peace is better?

If we want to stop the war, we’ll have to end the peace! As probably just about everyone here today knows, everyday life in peacetime

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Against the Middle

This article was published as one of two stories about Bruce Springsteen’s Super Bowl Ad. The other was written by Mike Morgan. There’s a chapel

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O Brooklyn, My Brooklyn

This article was just published in Hard Crackers #8 (Summer 2021) with a companion article by Mike Morgan. I once heard that 1 out of 

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After Memorial Day

Once when I was a kid, my father took me to a Memorial Day Parade in Manhattan.  I had no idea why he decided to

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It’s up to us not to heed the call-up

This article was written as a companion piece to an article by Mike Morgan under the shared title of “Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory.“

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Vaccine Miseries

This article was originally published in January of 2021. It all seemed so very hopeful when the cable channels were breathlessly reporting on the initial

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They Lost My COVID Test

This article was originally published in December of 2020. Almost two weeks ago, I thought that I might have been exposed to someone with the

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About

I have been a political activist for more than fifty years.  Soon after college, I began driving a taxi in New York City and became an active member of the Taxi Rank and File Coalition.  That experience profoundly shaped my views and I remain friends with many of my taxi comrades.

In 1978, I stopped driving and entered into education work–which I then did for more than thirty years–almost all of it at the City University of New York.  That also profoundly shaped my views.

At the same time, I continued my political activities–most importantly as an editor of Race Traitor, an editor of Insurgent Notes and part of the editorial group of Hard Crackers.

The writings collected here reflect all those experiences.  My intention is to regularly post new things that I’ve written.

However you found your way here, I hope that you find something of value.  I would really like hearing from you about your thoughts and reactions. Write me here.

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Taxi Rank and File Coalition
Hard Crackers
Insurgent Notes
Race Traitor
Gotham Center

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