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Whither History?: Eric Hobsbawm and the Once and Future Left

Michael Zajakowski Uhll finds in Eric Hobsbawm's "Age of" series not only a rip-roaring narrative that tells us much about the origins of our times, but also inspiration for historians working today, when popular engagement with history is needed more than ever.

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The Comfort of Conspiracy: A Review of "Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?"

Scott Patrick argues that Gabriel Rockhill's Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism substitutes class analysis with conspiracy-focused explanation in its attempt to understand accommodation to imperialism among Marxist intellectuals.

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Against Civil Society: A Review of Anton Jäger’s 'Hyperpolitics'

Julian Assele reviews Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics, finding fault in a conception of civil society that implicitly takes it as a neutral field of conflict rather than a weapon in class struggle used by capital to discipline racialized surplus labor.

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Building Epistemic Capacity: A Review of "Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry"

Sam Dee reviews Notes Towards a Digital Workers' Inquiry by the Capacitor Collective, published by Common Notions Press.

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Letter: Why the Limit is Not a Lack of Opportunity

April 26, 2026

“I'm grateful for Gary Levi's Letter regarding my recent essay on the 21st Century Capitalist, which raises an important issue I did not elaborate much on: the alternative …”

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Letter: Investigate, but Verify

April 24, 2026

“Rarely do I feel the need to write polemical letters, but after reading Ray F’s "In Defense of Conspiracy Theories," I found myself confounded. On one hand, I …”

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Letters: In Memory of Comrade Lenin

April 22, 2026

“April 22, 2026, marks the 156th anniversary of Lenin's birth. It is with an inevitably somewhat heavy heart that we look back at the initial majesty of the …”

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