1968: The Year That Rocked Horror
Hank Kennedy draws on three case studies to explore the profound effects 1968's global political upheavals had on horror filmmaking.
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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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We join Jarrod Shanahan as he reflects on a decade of struggle, and shares his experiences with and analysis of Trumpism and the alt-right.
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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.
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: Red Flag, Not Stars and Stripes
November 4, 2025
“Meagan Day’s recent piece in Jacobin, “Patriotism Against Authoritarianism” argues that the outpouring of patriotism and flag-waving at the recent No Kings protests was “a good thing.”[fbed4e]Let’s start …”
Letter: Decree No. 4 and the Town Where Nothing Happened
October 26, 2025
“As Trump continues to ramp up his unchecked violence against the people along South America’s Caribbean coast, as well as an ever-widening segment of the US population, I …”
Letter: SJP UH x Houston Arms Embargo Campaign Hunger Strike
October 22, 2025
“On October 15th, 2025, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Houston launched a hunger strike in solidarity with the great people of Gaza, who for …”