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The Cradle of Civilization on Fire: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (Jan-May 2006)
Rob Ashlar, April 9, 2025
Continuing a serialized account of the Iraqi Insurgency, Rob Ashlar covers the resurgence of Al Qaida in Iraq (AQI) in early 2006 following gains made by the US-led coalition forces.
Praxis of Alienation and Enmity: On the American Communist Party
Soldier of Love, April 4, 2025
The origins and activities of the recently-founded American Communist Party (ACP) are indicative of the parasocial nature of online activism, argues Soldier of Love.
Putting Labor Process in Play
Sam Dee, April 2, 2025
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. Read Article.
Between Protests, Oil Boom, and Multipolarity: An Interview on Kazakhstan with Kuat Akizhanov
Kuat Akizhanov, Arman Spéth, March 26, 2025
Arman Spéth interviews economist Kuat Akizhanov on the post-Soviet political and economic history of Kazakhstan, the 2022 protests which shook the country, and the possibility for a renewed Kazakhstani socialism. This is a translation of an interview first published in Jacobin Magazine's German-language outlet. Read Article.
Bolshevism: Old and New—Lenin and the 'April Theses'
Steve Bloom, March 21, 2025
Steve Bloom takes issue with Lars Lih's interpretation of Lenin's April Theses, arguing contra Lih that Lenin's intervention in April 1917 did represent a break with "old" Bolshevism. Read Article.
Hitsville USA and American Petrograd: The Motown Sound and Detroit Politics
Hank Kennedy, March 19, 2025
Hank Kennedy discusses the legendary Detroit-based recording company Motown Records, arguing that the label's history is one of contradictions between commercial interest, artistic expression, and political commitment. Read Article.
From Charnel-House to Breadbasket: Legacies of South America’s Forgotten Holocaust
Jaime Litvak, March 12, 2025
In the 1860s, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay decimated Paraguay’s population in a genocidal, scorched-earth military campaign known today as the War of the Triple Alliance. Jaime Litvak argues that Paraguay's defeat in the war played a key role in thwarting autonomous economic development in post-Independence Latin America. Read Article.
Seen This Movie Before: Dylan Comes Round Again
Lawrence Parker, March 5, 2025
Why is Bob Dylan’s ‘apostasy’ in turning his back on the liberal-left folk establishment in the mid-1960s endlessly replayed? Lawrence Parker investigates. Read Article.
On Bird-Brained Readings of Althusser: A Response to P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O.
Nicolas D Villarreal, February 26, 2025
Nicolas D Villarreal takes issue with the interpretation of Althusser found in two articles recently featured in Geese Magazine, arguing that authors P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O. exhibit the very humanism and historicism Althusser opposed. Read Article.
All of Us Palestinians
Adel Irankhah, February 19, 2025
The existence of the Israeli state is an embodiment of the criminal nature of the current liberal world order, argues Adel Irankhah. Translated from Persian by Ahmad Esmaeili. Read Article.