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The Party Echoes at the 2025 DSA Convention

Sam Dee gives a synopsis of the 2025 convention of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), arguing that the results displayed both the positive and negative aspects of the organization's caucus system.

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Uneven and Confused Development in Left Art Criticism: A Review of Adam Turl's 'Gothic Capitalism'

Adam Turl's recent work on art, Gothic Capitalism: Art Evicted From Heaven & Earth, substitutes aesthetic choices for concrete advice on cultural organizing, argues Patricia Manos.

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Abundance Liberalism or Social Efficiency: A Review of 'Abundance'

Similar to the discourse of late nineteenth century progressivism, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance proposes an empty theory of progress that fails to reckon with the reality of political struggle, argues Marco Rosaire Rossi.

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When Science Is Abandoned, The Flower Withers: A Review of 'Flowers For Marx'

Flowers For Marx, a new collection of essays on Marxism, successfully facilitates dialogue between multiple camps of the contemporary socialist movement, but suffers from its contributors' collective reluctance to defend Marxism as a heterodox science, argues Nicolas D Villarreal.

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Letter: Sufficiency, Not Efficiency—The Problem with 'Abundance'

September 29, 2025

“I found much to agree with in Marco Rosaire Rossi’s account of the liberal ‘Abundance’ movement, meaning that my present response will more resemble an improvisational “Yes, And…” …”

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Letter: Political Violence is Still Politics

September 25, 2025

“Luigi Mangione. Rodney Hinton Jr. Elias Rodriguez. Tyler Robinson.A health insurance CEO. A cop. A German IDF volunteer and Israeli diplomat. A violent far-right ideologue.The last few years …”

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Letter: The Shot that Serves the Masters—How the Charlie Kirk Assassination Plays into Trump’s Hands

September 15, 2025

“On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University. A single bullet struck him in the neck, in front of thousands. The …”

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