We join David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan to discuss their new book: an ethnography of Rikers Island based on the author’s experiences as inmates there.
Henry De Groot reviews Jeff Schuhrke's new book 'Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade' and argues that, although Schuhrke has produced a solid introduction to the topic, the work is missing key context.
In a review of Cuban scientist Agustín Lage Dávila's new book 'The Knowledge Economy and Socialism,' Renato Flores reflects on the role of science and knowledge production under capitalism and socialism, asking how knowledge workers can be incentivized differently under socialism.
April 11, 2025
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April 10, 2025
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March 25, 2025
“I am grateful for Steve Bloom's contribution to the debate around the character and developments within the Bolshevik Party early after the February Revolution and upon Lenin's return …”
