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On the 12th Day of Spectre My Comrade Gave to Me
On the 12th day of Spectre my comrade gave to me…
The Rank and File Strategy and the New Socialist Movement
Kim Moody responds to Kate Doyle Griffiths critical essay on the rank and file strategy, criticizing electoralist appropriations along the way.
What’s New about Woke Racial Capitalism (and What Isn’t)
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Enzo Rossi explain how “woke” racial capitalism reveals contradictory tendencies in the material structure of capitalism and its ideological superstructure.
Down with Thai Capitalism! The People Against the Military Dictatorship!
Giles Ji Ungpakorn responds to Thiti Jamkajornkeiat’s characterization of the Thai social formation as “feudal” and explains why a debate over characterization has real strategic consequences.
What’s in a Slogan?
Rawan Abdelbaki challenges self-styled socialists going after the slogan “defund the police.”
Building Union and Community Power During COVID-19
Rhiannon Maton interviews Jennifer Johnson, asking how the Chicago Teachers Union led the fight to put the health and safety of the entire community first against the backdrop of COVID-19.
Down with Feudalism, Long Live the People!
Thiti Jamkajornkeiat adapts Jit Phumisak’s Marxist theory of the feudal state for use in the ongoing antiroyalist protests in Thailand.
Extracting the Andes
Jeffery R. Webber reviews Martín Arboleda’s exceptionally ambitious Planetary Mine..
Let a Thousand Fiefdoms Bloom
Chris Smaje’s new book has received glowing reviews from ecosocialists. But scratch beneath the surface, and you will find a disturbing vision of the future defined by exploitation, domination, and patriarchy.
Irreducibly Multiple
Mattie Armstrong-Price reflects on the meaning of last night’s election returns in the United States and its meaning for the American left going forward.