Gang of One: The Fall as Anti-Group
Hailing The Fall as a mere instance of working-class subjectivity or as a set of mangled literary intakes fails to understand the terms of Mark E Smith’s critique, writes Lawrence Parker.
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Israel's Lobby Under Review
Abel Bisrat reviews Israel's Lobby by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, finding a worthwhile expansion of previous scholarship for our contemporary era rather than a mere retreading of work by authors like Mearsheimer and Walt. Yet more work remains in mapping the class fractions behind Zionism and its stranglehold over US foreign policy.
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Aaron Leonard and Donald Parkinson sit down for a conversation on Leonard's recent book 'Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism
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Garrisoning White Power
Julian Assele reviews Gautham Rao's White Power: Policing American Slavery, arguing that its analysis of how racial domination determined American policing and notions of "public order" is further strengthened by a grounding in Marxist categories of labor command and capital accumulation.
“Black Marxism” Under Debate, 40 Years On
Forty years after his first response to Cedric Robinson, August Nimtz's "Black Marxism": A Marxist Critique revisits a debate about the relations between race, class, and Marxism that remains as pertinent as ever. Gary Levi puts the collection under review.
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Letter: The Context and its Alibi
August 27, 2026
“Kevin Naughton has accurately portrayed much of what he seeks to demonstrate in his essay, and the essay is worthwhile reading simply due to the genealogical aspects. Naughton …”
Letter: Populism and political principle
August 25, 2026
“Another day, another Geese article driving discussion. I agree with their article “AOC and Zohran are wrong about “Woke 1” on two key counts:We must be full-fledged in …”
Letter: Anticipation of Criticism
August 22, 2026
“In my last piece, I formulated and criticized Geese’s peculiar form of idealism, which I dubbed “pragmatic idealism,” i.e., idealism about practice, the belief that everything is human …”