The power of blogs for political activism?

Updated.
In a recent post I quoted Glen Greenwald:
Appointing John Brennan to a position of high authority would be to affirm and embrace, not repudiate, the darkest aspects of the last eight years.
AP now reports:
In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential appointment has [...]

Parrhesia new issue: Elden, Bowden, Armstrong on Fink, Badiou, Zizek and Foucault

A new issue of Parrhesia is available (h/t Ali Rivzi).
Parrhesia is the pactice of frank speech, of speaking liberally, and was discussed in a number of Foucault’s lectures during the 1980s (eg., see Hermeneutics of the Subject).
Here is the table of contents:
FEATURES
‘You cannot make a living just being a theoretician’: An Interview with Jean-Michel Rabaté [...]