Putting Labor Process in Play
Following up on his piece of last year, Sam Dee analyzes the ambiguous relationship between labor and play as exhibited in the 2013 border patrol simulation video game Papers, Please.
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Yestergay's Man: Eric Orner's Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner's biography of US politician Barney Frank.
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March 23, 2025
We join Oisín Gilmore and David Landy for a discussion on the present and the unique political history of the Republic of Ireland.
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In Review: Jeff Schuhrke’s 'Blue Collar Empire'
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.
Examining Cuba's Knowledge Economy: A Review of Lage's "The Knowledge Economy and Socialism"
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.
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Letter: On Bolshevism, Old and New
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 …”
Letter: The Ben Franklin Fellowship–A New USAID?
March 24, 2025
“One of the headlines of the first months of the Trump presidency was the dissolution of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the reduction of funding …”
Letter: What Do Geese Know?
March 7, 2025
“In my recent critique of Geese Magazine, I noted that Gandakin and Scottie O. were making many of the ideological errors that Althusser rails against while also citing …”