Challenging the White Blindspot
Noel Ignatiev dedicated his life to challenging white supremacy, taking aim at the very idea of the white race as a positive community or identity. David Ranney reviews a new anthology of his works: Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity. – Read review
Obscured Accomplishments: Comments on 'James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-38'
Brendan Campisi reviews historian Bryan D. Palmer's most recent work on the life of U.S. left-wing stalwart and founding figure of the U.S. Trotskyist movement James P. Cannon. – Read review
The Dawn of Social Evolution
Nicolas D Villarreal reviews David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything and outlines a theory of social evolution that answers the book's objections to such theories. – Read review
To Talk of Organization – on Nunes' Neither Vertical nor Horizontal
Alex James reviews Rodrigo Nunes' latest book Neither Vertical nor Horizontal, finding a refreshing new vocabulary for talking about organization that raises difficult questions rather than providing simple answers. – Read review
Worse than Dead: A Critical Response to McKenzie Wark
James W reviews McKenzie Wark's Capital is Dead. – Read review