A Short, Comprehensive Definition of “Woke”
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks it all down, making Woke easier than it ever has been before.
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Critical Theory
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Traditional Versus Critical Theory
James Lindsay breaks down the point of this essay and the nature of Horkheimer's comparison between these two ways of thinking.
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The Anatomy of a Critical Theory
This little segment of Horkheimer's thought allows us to dissect the Critical Theory and clearly understand its anatomy and consequences.
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OnlySubs: Why I Really Read All This Stuff
In this episode, I take a few minutes to talk with you about how my mission is empowerment and education, and why this perspective matters.
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Traditional and Critical Theory According to Max Horkheimer
James Lindsay brings you through some of the text of Max Horkheimers essay so you can understand Critical Theory from its birth.
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An Accessible Summary of Critical Theory
James Lindsay explains the nature of Critical Theory in a way that will leave you clearer than ever on this menace to our society.
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Introducing Woke Nationalism
When we talk about Woke Left and Woke Right, while the essential core of being "Woke" is mostly the same, there are some key differences.
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Explaining the Long March Through the Institutions
The Long March Through the Institutions is a Marxist strategy for infiltrating the West through its institutions.
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Critical America Theory, Left and Right
You can have a Critical Race Theory about race, a Critical Gender Theory about sex, even a Critical America Theory about America.
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The Poison of Negative Idealism
Negative idealism explains why "critical" movements like Communism, Fascism, and Woke of all types trend toward violence.
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True and False or Us Versus Them?
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explores this idea of "us versus them" out loud and explains its relevance to politics, society, and education.
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Why Communists Do the Red-Green Alliance
As normal people who value ideological and logical consistency, we tend to find movements like the Red-Green Alliance (Communists and Islamists) and "Queers for Palestine" confusing.
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Woke Interpretation and “Lived Experience”
James Lindsay revisits the topic of "lived experience" and explains how it manifests outside of Leftist enclaves and without the cutesy name.
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All Roads Lead to Woke
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay dives into this construction and how it sets up other Woke "magic spells" (like affordance traps) to get you to do their bidding.
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The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self
What gets called Woke, especially on the Left, is a complete worldview (or ersatz theology) that therefore provides all the usual philosophical elements.
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Saving American Liberty: All Sessions
Watch James Lindsay and Michael O’Fallon in Dallas, TX, recorded August 22–23, 2025, to learn more about this rising threat and how we can save American liberty.
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What Woke Really Means
Even though it's a term without a stable meaning as it evolved, "Woke" is increasingly coming to mean something quite specific and precise.
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OnlySubs: The Critical Theory of the Woke Right
James Lindsay takes you through much of another "Woke Right" essay about Carl Schmitt by C. Jay Engel and published on American Reformer.
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The Alchemy of the Dialectic
The dialectic is ultimately the engine of all Marxist and Hegelian thought and underlies the conflict between Fascism and Marxism.
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Panel: From Woke Left to Woke Right | James Lindsay & Michael O’Fallon
James Lindsay and Michael O'Fallon sat down for a live discussion about the challenges Lindsay has faced for standing up to the "New Right."
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