‘There are common features between historical fascism and the far right.’
Sociologist of the far right, Ugo Palheta, on the risk, too often denied, of a neo-fascist project in France
Sociologist of the far right, Ugo Palheta, on the risk, too often denied, of a neo-fascist project in France
A climate manifesto from the Frente Nacional Anti-Minero in Ecuador, a new national front of seventy-eight communities and organizations organizing against mining and for anti-capitalist resistance.
Back in February, Stefano Palombarini, co-author of The Last Neoliberal, dreamt of a second round debate between Macron and Melenchon staging a confrontation between two opposing political visions. Melenchon did not make it to the second round of the 2022 French presidential elections, but is there still hope for the anti-neoliberal left?
"There can be only one accurate description of the situation: out of control."
Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás, authors of the book Capitalism and the Sea, pick 5 books for understanding the politics of the world's oceans.
Jonathan Crary argues that there are no revolutionary subjects on social media.
Interview with Marina Simonin, who in 2018 with Clara Laspalas and Alexis Cukier, took over the management of French Marxist publisher Éditions Sociales. In it she discusses the history of the publisher and the role of publishing within the French left.
Mitchell Dean responds to the review of his book The Last Man Takes LSD: Foucault and the End of Revolution (co-written with Daniel Zamora) published in the journal Foucault Studies.
How has Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) succeeded in freeing unprecedented numbers of "long-termers" from New York State prisons?
Isabell Lorey on the rise of authoritarian populism in Europe and beyond.
Emmanuel Macron's campaign to be re-elected French President has come under increasing strain in recent weeks following the so-called “the McKinsey Affair,” named after the giant American consulting firm that was paid enormous sums by the French government for reports that were often completely useless. Frédéric Lordon asks what the controversy says about the state in contemporary capitalism, and what the affair's effects on the forthcoming French elections will be.
Even in times of defeat, the class struggle continues. Everything is not possible at all times, but there are always forks in the road and opportunities – all too often missed – for the forces of popular emancipation. Reflecting on the lessons of the student movement of 1986 and the shattered 'Greek Spring', Stathis Kouvelakis sketches a way forward for the left in 2022.