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Ben Darr

Ben Darr earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa, and has been teaching politics and international studies at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa since 2012. He also writes at contrariwise.substack.com.

Articles by Ben Darr

This Machine Kills Experience

The real impact of the digital revolution hits us directly in the place that matters most: our very experience of life
March 4, 2026

“Two Liberals Walk Out of a Pandemic…”

I have been hoping for a reckoning about covid for years now, and this book is a major step in that direction.
September 9, 2025

What’s in a Name?

We all have the power to name ourselves—collectively, not individually
April 25, 2025

Two Leftists Walk Into a Pandemic . . .

Not only did the worst consequences of lockdowns occur in the Global South, but lockdowns were pushed on the South from the North, through well-known strongarm tactics of neocolonialism that…
January 17, 2024