Posts by John Ganz
.@maxread.info on the Corporate Thriller; Ivan Krastev on Orbán; two new books on Italian Elite Theory www.unpopularfront.news/p/corporate-...
Hungary and the cause of democracy; Buckley's myth persists; a history of Republics and Republicans www.unpopularfront.news/p/hungry-hun...
What piece was this in?
I thought the vaunted fact checkers would catch this!
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I've finished "The Infernal Triangle: How America Got this Way." Farewell to the 5-book project that consumed some 30 years, over half my life! For the nonce, writing deadline-free on this Substack. First 50 subs get signed books or personal Zoom greetings. PAY ME!!!
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Max Read, Maya Vinokour, and I discuss the "Dark Enlightenment" at Villa Albertine.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/dark-enlig...
latest episode of my politics show with @lioneltrolling.bsky.social is up. we talk supreme court and iran. www.patreon.com/posts/154882...
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The attack on birthright citizenship is the Geistesgehalt—the spiritual content—of the MAGA revolution. www.unpopularfront.news/p/birthright...
It's troubling to reflect that Habermas is ancestor to not one, but two lineages, on the techno-reactionary right.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/habermass-...
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The text of my lecture yesterday at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. A special thank you to @stevenklein.bsky.social for the generous invitation! www.unpopularfront.news/p/why-the-cl...
Great turnout for John Ganz in London and excellent discussion of Iran, the conservative movement, and the future of MAGA
Natasha Stagg on the Banality of Epstein; the best discussions on the war (IMHO); Hans Kohn's disillusionment with Zionism
www.unpopularfront.news/p/perspectiv...
new episode of the politics pod where me and @lioneltrolling.bsky.social have a very spirited discussion of the war in Iran. www.patreon.com/posts/unclea...
probably still pretty boring
Some of the poems have source ghazals in the Divan, but I'm still trying to track down the real poem that this "interpretation" is based on.
He bases his work on the almost literal Wilberforce-Clarke translation of Hafiz. This is doubly embarrassing for me because I should have known better. I grew up with Hafiz in the house, knew that these translations were controversial; I didn't know they were virtual fabrications.
Have to issue a somewhat embarrassing correction to my newsletter this AM. I included a "translation" of the poet Hafiz that turns out to be no such thing; it's an interpretation done by an American poet who is not a Persian reader and claims to be channeling Hafiz's spirit.
Ghost World: I thought those girls were hilarious and cool. Then watched it recently and was like damn they are insanely mean.
watch here! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
going live on substack w/ @lioneltrolling.bsky.social at 2
volcano in progress