Is There Such a Thing as Turkish Marxism?
Özgür Yılmaz provides a historical overview of the development of Marxism in Turkey, arguing that Turkish Marxism follows a pattern of adaptation and selective appropriation.
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Anarchism In Theory: A Review of Catherine Malabou's 'Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy'
Catherine Malabou's Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy is a brilliant attempt to think anarchism anew. If it fails to convincingly link up its critique with present-day politics, it could prove decisive for the anarchist movements of the future, argues Conrad Hamilton.
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July 13, 2025
We sit down with Hank Kennedy to discuss the political journey of Superman through the years.
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Pre-Digestion of the Status Quo: A Review of 'Why We Fear AI'
Nico D Villarreal reviews Why We Fear AI, a new book by Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer, and argues that, although the work has merits, the authors' heavy reliance on well trodden ideas from the left of academia precludes a broader critical discussion of AI.
The Active Side of Human Praxis: A Review of 'The Vygotsky Anthology'
Suresh Chauhan reviews a recently published anthology of writings by Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, arguing that the collection successfully showcases Vygotsky's extensive scholarly interests, but fails to account for the socio-political aspects of his work.
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Letter: On Right Wing Black Politics
July 14, 2025
“The Democrats have almost replicated philosemitism with Black people and use a caricatured image of them to push very right wing politics. The mass base of this is …”
Letter: Enough With Superficial Critiques of Socialist Electoralism Copy-Pasted From 2016
July 8, 2025
“Since Zohran Mamdani’s electrifying victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, there have been a couple dozen pieces written which advance a generic critique of socialist …”
Letter: Socialist Rhetoric, Capitalist Reality—Why Mamdani’s Victory Won’t Transform the System
July 3, 2025
“The June 2025 Democratic primary in New York shocked many on the US Left. Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed socialist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), …”