R.H. Lossin

R.H. Lossin writes about labor, libraries, technology, contemporary art, and American radicalism. Her work has appeared in New Left Review, Salvage, Boston Review, Jacobin, Art Agenda, The Brooklyn Rail, and The New York Review of Books. She holds a PhD in communications from Columbia University and teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

AI Isn’t a Radical Technology

AI Isn’t a Radical Technology AI Isn’t a Radical Technology

Actually, it’s not a technology at all—regardless of what overheated predictions about Sora have to say about it.

Feb 27, 2024 / R.H. Lossin and Jason Resnikoff

The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW

The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW

The recently rereleased 1979 film can teach today’s workers how to throw their weight around.

Jun 16, 2022 / R.H. Lossin

What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber

What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber

Ted Kaczynski’s violence—reexamined in a new biopic—fascinates US audiences, but not for the reasons we think.

Mar 15, 2022 / R.H. Lossin

What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For

What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For

The university has finally agreed to respond to striking workers’ proposals. Here’s what’s at stake.

Dec 23, 2021 / R.H. Lossin

Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition

Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition

On the continuity between the early-20th-century American Protective League and today’s violent “patriots.”

Jan 19, 2021 / R.H. Lossin

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike

Breakneck speedups are forcing its workers to do more with less than ever before.

Dec 21, 2020 / R.H. Lossin

Property May Not Be Theft, but It’s Not NOT Theft

Property May Not Be Theft, but It’s Not NOT Theft Property May Not Be Theft, but It’s Not NOT Theft

As nationwide protests destroy buildings, monuments, and police stations, it’s time to get the facts straight.

Jul 28, 2020 / R.H. Lossin

Man leaving A Stopplere

In Defense of Destroying Property In Defense of Destroying Property

We cannot conflate the destruction of plateglass with the violence that is being protested.

Jun 10, 2020 / R.H. Lossin

Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity

Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity

The seventh-largest property owner in NYC needs to use its wealth to protect its vulnerable workers, not punish them.

May 12, 2020 / R.H. Lossin and Lexie Cook

Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin

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