Author: Matthew Flisfeder

Matthew Flisfeder is an associate professor of Rhetoric and Communications at The University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Algorithmic Desire: Toward a New Structuralist Theory of Social Media (Northwestern University Press, Forthcoming 2021).

Universal Basic Income Is Not the Answer

A Leftist Case for Social Investment Is a guaranteed liveable universal basic income (UBI) the right solution for current economic woes? Or does it make more sense to re-invest back into … Keep reading »

Poverty • October 20, 2020 • Matthew Flisfeder
Reading Capitalist Realism Ten Years On

Today, in the interregnum of the post-crisis, austerity-driven, global neoliberal capitalist society, we are confronted with a range of contradictions potentially threatening our very way of life on Earth. From … Keep reading »

Theory • September 7, 2020 • Matthew Flisfeder
Capitalism is the Parasite; Capitalism is the Virus

With hindsight, a few years from now, it may well appear to us that the year 2020, the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, marked the dawn … Keep reading »

Culture/Media • July 26, 2020 • Matthew Flisfeder
Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Rhetoric

One of the distinguishing features of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is its apparent lack of central leadership. Not only does the movement seem leaderless; it does not appear … Keep reading »

Social Movements, Theory • October 12, 2011 • Matthew Flisfeder
The Toronto ‘Garbage Strike’ and the Critique of Ideology

After six months of contract negotiations with the City of Toronto, union members of CUPE locals 79 (representing inside workers) and 416 (representing outside workers) went on strike on June … Keep reading »

Labour • July 27, 2009 • Matthew Flisfeder