Why Rustin? Why Now?

The shadow of the dysfunctional New Left is so long that it’s sometimes hard to see the light beyond it.

Mar 4 • Damage Magazine and Dustin "Dino" Guastella

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February 2026

What Is Rustin’s Challenge?

Why did the Left turn its back on a transformative economic and social program in favor of maximalist sloganeering and alienating tactics?

Feb 12 • Damage Magazine and Benjamin Y. Fong

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Affordability and a Wealth Tax

A believable plan for transformative change requires being clear about where the money is coming from. Wealth taxes should be the go-to proposal.

Feb 9 • Damage Magazine

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Can We Have New Bad Things?

“Fascism” has become a thought-terminating concept, giving liberals license to embrace their fear and loathing of working people who disagree with them.

Feb 3 • Damage Magazine and Dustin "Dino" Guastella

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December 2025

From Blue Jeans to Blue Banisters

In adulthood, the enjoyment of universality can go beyond a fleeting feeling to a true intimation of eternity, and thus it can only be perceived from…

Dec 29, 2025 • Damage Magazine and Benjamin Y. Fong

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Horror as By-Product

Readings of the Holocaust as an advanced technological manifestation of anti-Semitism obscure its reality—a brutal, messy, and crude operation. What…

Dec 26, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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Breaking the Hard Ground: Class Confidence From the Flint Sit-Downs to Today

The most famous union win in American labor history was made possible by structure building and collective experiences that generated class confidence.

Dec 22, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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How the New Deal Ran a Tight Ship, and Built Some Too

Liberals want to make government do big things again, while the Right disingenuously claims the mantle of government efficiency. With a capable and…

Dec 15, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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Overmedicalization and the Crisis of Authority

Proliferating rates of mental health diagnoses reflect a breakdown of traditional forms of authority rather than an excess of medical authority.

Dec 8, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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Pre-Order Rustin's Challenge!

A new collection of writing from Bayard Rustin, with commentaries from contemporary writers on the left.

Dec 2, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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The Need for a Socialist Morality

Ignoring moral debates has led the Left to implicitly privilege being authentic over being good. This is a conceptual and moral mistake, but it is also…

Dec 1, 2025 • Damage Magazine

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November 2025

Conservativism as Postmodernism

The Right is increasingly shaped by the parameters of postmodern culture.

Nov 24, 2025 • Damage Magazine and Matt McManus

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