Archives: Online Posts
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.
Orc Marxism
Lee Konstantinou reviews Robert T. Tally Jr.’s The Mismeasure of Orcs, arguing that their inconsistent humanization by Tolkien signals a contradiction central to the fantasy genre.
Affordability or Crisis of Social Reproduction?
Kim Moody breaks down what the affordability crisis really means—a crisis of social reproduction created by the radical inequality of wealth.
“…to build socialist democracies worldwide”
In this review of Rosenblum;’s We’re Comning for You and Your Rotten System, John Clarke points to the successes of Sawant’s tenure in Seattle, while critically appraising the movement’s success at building popular democracy.
Toward an Iranian Socialism
Robab Vaziri traces the dilemma between theocracy and monarchy to the history of imperial intervention, arguing for a democratic and socialist Iran.