Against Think-Tank Socialism: a Review of 'Inventing the Future'
Jean Allen reviews Srnicek & Williams' 'Inventing the Future,' which calls for an intellectual counter-hegemony to neoliberalism. Does this proposal for counter-hegemonic institutions really put anything new on the table, or just reflect the prevailing organizational norms of the existing left? – Read review
Ideal and Real History: L.A. Kauffman's 'Direct Action'
Jean Allen reviews L.A. Kauffman's 'Direct Action,' a history of the protest movements that filled the gap between the New Left and the modern left that are often ignored and forgotten. Allen argues that these movements cannot be understood strictly in terms of their theory, but by grasping the realities that they faced as organizers. – Read review