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Soso’s Socialism
Thinking alongside Ronald Suny’s magnum opus, Bryan Gigantino writes about the politics of remembering Stalin in Georgia and the fate of that country after the fall of the USSR.
Manufacturing Legitimacy
Given the recent election in Peru it is important to remember the lessons of OAS intervention in Bolivia.
Trans Organizing in Times of Mass Struggle
Spectre Journal plans to publish in Issue Five a series of short essays that consider the involvement of trans organizers in recent cycles of struggle.
What Is the Meaning of Revolution Today?
Spectre editor David McNally confronts the new reformism, calling for radical honesty as we assess the meaning of revolution today.
I Am Going to Die, But Algeria Will Be Independent
Jeffrey Webber reviews Joseph Andreas’ Prix Goncourt-winning novel about a French communist who joins the Algerian resistance.
The Intersections and Divergences of Disability and Race
What can the longest sit-in ever to take place in a federal building teach us about the intersection of racism and ableism?
The Making of India’s Vaccine Famine
The inexorable future toward which vaccine capitalism is taking us is a Covid endemic: a future where Covid is a treatable disease for the upper middle classes and a continuous deadly infectious disease with a steady level of fatalities among the poor.
“We Are the Guardians of Public Education”
Rhiannon Maton talks to 2 founding members of Raising Educators’ Voices (REV), a radical teachers’ union caucus in Vancouver.