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Naturalized Dialectics
In response to China Miéville’s argument for metaphysical idealism, Joshua Nicholas Pineda articulates an antireductionist and naturalistic view of materialism.
Review of A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
Dominick Cooper reviews Christoph Schuringa’s A Social History of Analytic Philosophy.
The Only Way Out Is Together
From Spain to Rojava to Myanmar, James Stout argues that the fiercest struggles against oppression don’t just resist power—they build new ways of living together.
What Happened at Harvester?
Using International Harvester’s McCormick works as a lens, Robin Peterson chronicles over a century of class struggle in the United States.
The Hungarian Spring
Looking back at Orbánism, Anita Zsurzsán analyzes both the dangers and political opportunities for the Hungarian left in the wake of Orbán’s defeat.
Fascism Without a Mass Movement?
DK Renton responds to Spectre’s debate about Trumpism. To understand the process of authoritarian creep, Renton urges us to abandon the attempt to explain through mere taxonomy .
For a United Front Against Neofascism
Paul Ginsberg challenges Gordon and Webber’s view of Trumpism as liberal authoritarianism, arguing that it is a neofascist threat that must be fought both electorally and in the streets.
Service with a Scowl
Sarah Brouillette reviews Annie McClanahan’s Beneath the Wage.
On Rick Roderick
On the occasion of Thomas Zigal’s publication of The Seasons of Rick Roderick Robert T. Tally Jr. reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick Roderick.
Worker Experiments in New Kinds of Politics
John Schultz challenges the “official history”‘s naturalization of the links between the Democratic Party and the labor movement. Turning to the historical record, Schultz argues the 1930s featured numerous worker experiments in independent labor politics.