"The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees." _Arthur Schopenhauer
Critical Perspectives delivers serious international progressive analysis that you simply cannot find elsewhere. Written by an academic who specialises in how global wealth flows reshape cities and communities around the world, this newsletter offers a unique combination of rigorous research with a Global South perspective that cuts through the usual Western-centric discourse.
What distinguishes Critical Perspectives is its ability to examine contemporary issues through the lens of someone who understands how these systems actually operate internationally, not merely within American or European contexts. Whether analysing billionaire secession or urban gentrification, the work here draws from complex academic theories like decolonial thought and what the author terms 'forensic geography', applying them to current events in ways that suddenly make everything click into place.
Recent pieces have examined how white South Africans have been implementing for decades what Robert Reich suggests American billionaires are now planning, whilst other analyses trace the "global wealth chains" that systematically reshape our cities. This represents analysis that moves beyond surface-level commentary to expose the deeper structural patterns that mainstream media consistently overlooks.
The publication extends beyond pure analysis through its storytelling section, "Towers and Shadows," which transforms these same theoretical concepts into compelling fiction. This approach allows readers to grasp the human impact of global wealth chains through actual characters and narratives, making complex systemic issues viscerally understandable.
Critical Perspectives serves readers who demand progressive politics with genuine intellectual depth, who seek international perspectives rather than parochial takes, and who want writing that remains accessible without being dumbed down. These are people who require practical frameworks for understanding how the world actually operates, frameworks that traditional media simply does not provide.
If you want to understand how global capitalism systematically reshapes local communities, backed by academic rigour yet delivered through compelling storytelling, this newsletter offers precisely that synthesis. Critical Perspectives reaches readers across thirty-four American states and eighty two countries, from university academics to community organisers to policy professionals, all seeking the kind of international progressive analysis that challenges conventional wisdom whilst providing actionable insights.
Critical Perspectives is read across 34 US states and 76 countries, with readers ranging from university academics to community organisers to policy professionals seeking international progressive analysis.
