Julian Assele

One of many contributors writing for Cosmonaut Magazine.

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

Julian Assele, March 27, 2026

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. Read Article.

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Process and Totality: A Review of David McNally's 'Slavery and Capitalism'

Julian Assele, December 17, 2025

David McNally's Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History offers a necessary corrective to the New History of Capitalism (NHC) group by embracing Marxism's revolutionary commitments, argues Julian Assele. Read Article.