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“How Wearisome Eternity”: A review of 'Capital is Dead' by McKenzie Wark
Colin Drumm, October 29, 2019
Colin Drumm reviews McKenzie Wark's latest book, 'Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse' (Verso Books, October 2019). Read Article.
Worse than Dead: A Critical Response to McKenzie Wark
James W, October 12, 2020
James W reviews McKenzie Wark's Capital is Dead. Read Article.
To Talk of Organization – on Nunes' Neither Vertical nor Horizontal
Alex James, February 9, 2022
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 Article.
The Dawn of Social Evolution
Nicolas D Villarreal, March 6, 2022
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 Article.
Obscured Accomplishments: Comments on 'James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-38'
Brendan Campisi, July 1, 2022
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 Article.
Challenging the White Blindspot
David Ranney, September 27, 2022
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 Article.
Oswald Spengler: Philosopher of Decline, Partisan of Counterrevolution
ML Miller, March 25, 2023
ML Miller reviews Ben Lewis' 'Oswald Spengler and the Politics of Decline,' finding an understanding of Spengler as a political agent who sought to put his philosophy into practice rather than a detached fatalist. Read Article.
Read Le Blanc. Be careful.
Cliff Connolly, August 30, 2023
Cliff Connolly reviews Paul LeBlanc's latest work 'Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution', available from Pluto Press on September 20th. Cliff will be speaking on a panel regarding this book at the upcoming Socialism 2023 Conference titled 'Lenin: Catastrophe and Revolution.' Read Article.
The Antinomies of Nietzschean Marxism
Daniel Tutt, March 6, 2024
Daniel Tutt reviews Jonas Čeika's 'How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle: Nietzsche and Marx for the 21st Century Left' (Repeater Books: London, 2021). Read Article.
Did We See This One Before?: Rachel Maddow’s 'Prequel'
Hank Kennedy, March 20, 2024
Hank Kennedy reviews 'Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism' a new book on U.S. fascism and anti-fascism by MSNBC television host and political commentator, Rachel Maddow, arguing that key omissions and inaccuracies undermine Maddow's analysis of U.S. fascist movements. Read Article.