Nicolas D Villarreal

One of many contributors writing for Cosmonaut Magazine.

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On Bird-Brained Readings of Althusser: A Response to P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O.

Nicolas D Villarreal, February 26, 2025

Nicolas D Villarreal takes issue with the interpretation of Althusser found in two articles recently featured in Geese Magazine, arguing that authors P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O. exhibit the very humanism and historicism Althusser opposed. Read Article.

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What Is Materialism?

Nicolas D Villarreal, July 19, 2024

Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. Read Article.

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Artificial Intelligence, Universal Machines, and Killing Bourgeois Dreams

Nicolas D Villarreal, May 10, 2023

Nicolas D Villarreal tackles the question of artificial intelligence from a Marxist perspective, arguing against both utopian and dystopian prophecies regarding the emergence of these new technologies. Read Article.

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The Dawn of Social Evolution

Nicolas D Villarreal, March 6, 2022

Nicolas D Villarreal reviews David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything and outlines a theory of social evolution that answers the book's objections to such theories. Read Article.

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To Hell With The American Gentry

Nicolas D Villarreal, September 30, 2021

Nicolas D Villarreal argues against populist appeals for a common front between the working-class and small business owners. Reading: Mick Labas. Read Article.