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Hands Off!
Nate Holdren argues that both Trump and the legalistic opposition to his “lawlessness” are varieties of the same law-and-order politics that left movements should oppose.
The Politics of Colonial Comparison
Sam Klug discusses his new book with Spectre’s Zachary Levenson, which chronicles how the rhetoric of colonialism became central to Black internationalism in the United States.
Contest the Space of Politics
Kolya Ludwig reflects on Abolish Rent, contending that its undertheorized concept of hegemony leads it to neglect important potential cross class alliances.
Palestine Solidarity Encampment Diary
Katie Fustich translates the diary of Yuka, a Tokyo University student and member of their Palestine solidarity encampment’s steering committee.
Marx’s Republican Communism
Søren Mau reviews Bruno Leipold’s Citizen Marx, arguing that Leipold’s masterful contextualization of Marx in the republican tradition could be enriched by a deeper engagement with the labor theory of value.
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“Are Women Weak Jews?”
Sophie Lewis looks back on Scapegoat to reassess the Andrea Dworkin’s legacy, concluding that the current Dworkin revival is a “terrible idea.”
The Broken Clock
Joshua Nicholas Pineda reviews Domenico Losurdo’s Western Marxism.
Trump, Protectionism, and Imperial Conflict in Global Capitalism
Ashley Smith talks to Michael Roberts about the strategy of Trump’s tariffs, their likely outcomes, and what international labor must do to respond to them.
Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things
Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees’s attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.
Serving Somebody
Cutting through A Complete Unknown’s apolitical individualist myth of Bob Dylan, Jordy Cummings puts Dylan back in the sixties to find the left’s Dylan.