This was a lot of fun, and I'm grateful to @dwdavison.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social for having me on. It helped me develop my thoughts a bit further, which was really valuable. There are a few things I wish I'd mentioned about the "liberal international order" as an analytical framework. 🧵

E246 - Cold War Liberal Empire w/ @dbessner.bsky.social and @mbrenes.bsky.social Danny Bessner and Michael Brenes are Derek's guests today as the group gets into topics from Danny and Michael's co-edited volume Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency. Link in the replies!

The sixth and final episode of Marx Prestige, where @dbessner.bsky.social and I discuss the many facets of Karl Marx in America, is out now--this episode brings us up to the 21st century. I had a blast recording these. Thanks to @amprestigepod.bsky.social for doing it. Give it a listen!

The good people @muftah.org had me and @dbessner.bsky.social on to talk the "Fascism Debate"! Even w/ a lot on the cutting room floor, and so much more to cover, it's a pretty deep dive. I hope generative at addressing this question and why it's important, analytically and politically...

I love when a leftist repeats some basic left-wing point the left has been making for years and liberals are like "Revealing. The mask has slipped"

Great pod with @yashalevine.bsky.social & Daniel Bessner about information as pacification pca.st/episode/6d9c...

Daniel Bessner explains how Cold War liberalism built the national security state and how the collapse of the liberal order helped create an opening for the far right. @dbessner.bsky.social

Thanks to @thedriftmag.com and @erikmbaker.bsky.social for spreading the word about Cold War Liberalism edited by @mbrenes.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social -- a volume that is sure to provoke much discussion. Available now in paperback from @universitypress.cambridge.org

Today in the newsletter: @dbessner.bsky.social and I chat about the book on Cold War liberalism that he co-edited with @mbrenes.bsky.social and to which I contributed, which is out in paperback today newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-foundi...

This week on the SinicaPodcast, I speak with Danny Bessner about Cold War liberalism, how American primacy became ideology, why the first Cold War was a choice, and what genuine restraint toward China would actually require. Links below!

If you want more of this, in conversational form, I spoke with my friends @dwdavison.bsky.social & Danny Bessner for a very Dead Cheney episode of @amprestigepod.bsky.social:

This site is incredible. Apparently there are hundreds of people who think I was truly referring to myself as a “hero” being “slandered.” This site, and this world, is cooked

I’ll have you know I was sanctioned by Russia

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not that this matters bc these geniuses don’t care about the truth but: a) I’m a nonresident fellow at Quincy which is an unpaid position, and b) Quincy is funded by tons of donors, including Soros’ Open Society foundation, and many more

For more, including up-to-date discussion on where things stand in LA & beyond, the boys @dwdavison.bsky.social & Danny Bessner hosted me this morning for a special edition of American Prestige in which I talk fast and frequently shout:

The fact that so many people gleefully reposted a review that begins with “a gross and arguably racist insinuation” says a lot about modern academia. I hope you’re all proud of yourselves

New episode of White Canon is up! This time, we talk with Shamira Ibrahim and Daniel Bessner (American Prestige podcast) about Spielberg's epic Saving Private Ryan! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Great to talk with @dbessner.bsky.social about the situation jacobin.com/2025/04/trum...

Here’s where one can read Besser’s actual thoughts on Trump rather than Ryan Cooper’s lazy take. jacobin.com/2025/03/trum...

you have a mental problem

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 On Trump's foreign policy, during his sequel presidency. @dbessner.bsky.social + @alex1789.bsky.social + Dr. LeeJones team up to discuss how this era of rot and decay will play out from Ukraine to China and beyond. LINK: https://buff.ly/42s5yKJ

Daniel Bessner in the new @thenation.com on Chomsky and Nathan Robinson's The Myth of American Idealism and the politics of anti-imperialism www.thenation.com/article/cult...

daniel fucking bessner

Entanglements: Who actually runs U.S. foreign policy? Daniel Bessner on why elections come and go without major changes in American grand strategy. www.thesgnl.com/2024/10/who-...

Wow so much for honest engagement … this is just disinformation ran amuck

Thank you for your service

Nope

Great now the communists are mad at me

Jeeeez I thought blue sky was about love <3

This is not true

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times

Coolest thing to ever happen to me

Introducing Samuel Huneke

Twitter was all about hate .. this platform is all about l<3ve

Ain’t nobody got me feelin like I’m feelin you

Why do all insta baby videos have such maudlin music, let’s get some sublime in here

Cornell West is gonna get 12% of the vote

It’s Mueller time

Today's bonus episode features author China Miéville in a discussion of art, the left, and the Communist Manifesto. What exactly IS a manifesto? Is the form still effective for enacting change?

This is now pure meritocracy

it's on, @jakearon.bsky.social has more followers than me, enjoy it while it lasts

this is like jubilee, this website is what it feels like to have a debt forgiven

I'm being shadowbanned on this site because I'm too Real

ok who wants to do the fascism debate but now on this platform

just setting up my blsky