The Progress Trap Spawn of fighting the odds and

of fighting the odds and of winning change not just for yourself

Unearthing rare archival material and reading these writings from the perspective of gender

coupled with America's prostration of itselffollowing the election of Donald Trump

‘Dedicated to all of us who are bad

The Progress Trap Spawn of fighting the odds andThe idea of progress, one of the animating ideas of Western civilization, has now gone global. From Marxism and neoliberalism to todays mutant identity politics, it offers a framework of knowledge and confidence: an assurance that things will get better and that history is on our side. However, in doing this it creates a form of authority that is simultaneously imaginary and dishonest, resting on confidence in a future that is really contingent and