Other Works

(Material written by Mike Bessler from around the Internet)

WrestlingINC.com (selected articles)

Magnus interview series: Part I;  Part II;  Part III

“Wrestling Declassified” series: Chyna Makes WWE History 14 Feb 2015; Shawn Michaels & ‘God’ vs. Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon 31 Jan 2015; Batista vs. Triple H – Hell in a Cell, Vengeance, 2005;  Shane Douglas Breaks Pitbull Gary Wolfe’s Neck 17 Jan 2015; WrestleMania III: Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat 10 Jan 2015;

Best Blog Ever articles

Ruining it for the rest of us  06 Mar 2008;   The Poultry Whisperer 19 Mar 2008;   Is it Cold in Here? 08 Apr 2008

Brady Hicks Online: 

The Five Syllables or Less Review
Coming Soon 16 Sep 2011; SummerSlam ’99 19 Sep 2011; ECW Extreme Evolution 29 Sep 2011; The Very Best of GLOW, vols 1&2  02 Nov 2011; Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW 16 Nov 2011;
Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain 26 Apr 2012

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
Kareem Muhammad vs. Tojo Yamamoto 28 Nov 2011;
The Bruise Brothers’ Funeral 19 Apr 2012
The Rise and Fall of TWD, part one 2012
The Rise and Fall of TWD, part two 2012
The Rise and Fall of TWD, part three 2012
The Rise and Fall of TWD, part four 2012

Capital and Class  (journal)

Research Note on the Marxists Internet Archive Summer 2006

International Socialism  (journal)

Marxism on the Web (interview with MIA Administrators) 09 Jan 2005

Kargare Kommunist  (Farsi language newspaper)

مبارزه مستمر در يونان   (On the continuing struggle in Greece)  Jan 2009

Marxists Internet Archive  selected writings

Dolores Ibárurri (biographical sketch) 2007;  The Greek Civil War (introductory text; co-written with Andy Blunden and Antonis M.)  2005;  Bhagat Singh (encyclopedia article) 2006;   Lu Xun (biographical sketch) 2005

Primary Ignition articles

Primary Ignition’s Favorite Superman Stories: Crisis on Infinite Earths 27 May 2013; Primary Ignition’s Mayan Apocalypse Survival Guide (The Day After) 21 Dec 2012;

Primary Ignition “Hidden Gems” series: Superman vs. The Supernatural (The Best of DC, Vol. 5, #38) 8 Oct 2012; DC Comics Presents #92 21 Dec 2010;   Captain America #155-156  6 Oct 2010;  Firestorm, The Nuclear Man; Annual #5 15 Jun 2010;    Superman #245  26 May 2010;    Airboy 1-5  2 May 2010;

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Official Blog articles

Taking One (Too Far) For the Team 08 August 2014; Why TNA Still Matters 18 Feb 2014; A Wrestling “Wish List” for 2014 06 January 2014; Of Styles and Substance 27 Dec 2013;  TLC: New Hype for Some Old Ideas 13 Dec 2013;   The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media 11 Mar 2013;  The True Story Of The 2012 “PWI 500” 07 Sep 2012; Joey Kovar and What Could Have Been 20 Aug 2012; Tensai vs. the Law of Diminishing Return 06 Aug 2012; It’s All Over But the Touting  30 July 2012; The Indy Scene Through Fresh Eyes 16 Nov 2011; Keeping the Dream Alive   11 Aug 2011;    Wrestling’s Anti-Bully Pulpit  20 Apr 2011;    TNA at a Crossroads 18 Mar 2011;   TNA Knockouts: Monsters of the Midcard  01 Nov 2010;    This Train is Bound for Glory 28 Sep 2010;    John Cena Takes One for the Team  09 Sep 2010;   Confessions of a Budding TNA Fan  31 Aug 2010

Red Youth (book)

Foreword (full text as PDF) 2009;   book info

Randomize @ Will (formerly What is Right?)

On reality, uncertainty and self-determination, part 1   12 Oct 2010;
Number Numbness, Revisited  16 Sep 2011

A World to Win

Unmasking the State: A Rough Guide to Real Democracy
(Book Review) 30 Jun 2010