Žižek, the Matrix and 9/11
For Žižek, the metaphor of the Matrix represents how neoliberal capitalism colonises culture and subjectivity.
David Bowie's post-modernism
Everything in Bowie’s post-modern art was mutable, but most of all the artist himself.
Verso Book Club: September, October, November, December
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'So, Was It Worth It?' - An extract from Tariq Ali's 'The Forty Year War in Afghanistan'
A fascinating window into the imperial fantasies of the New Labour government in the early days of that doomed adventure.
Everything, All the Time, Everywhere: A letter from the editor
"Post modernity ‘originated under the star of’ neoliberalism... it is both the alibi and indictment for neoliberalism, but is too ironic, too cool to call itself out."
The Profits of the American War Machine
In this excerpt from The Spoils of War, Andrew Cockburn outlines the internal politics of the US military and the lobbying that keeps the American war machine well-funded.
Ending Fossil Fuels: A letter from the editor
"The main intervention we wanted to make with this book, in my opinion, was to make the case clearly and strongly that we have been duped into thinking that climate change is a problem of consumption rather than production."
Spaces Forces: A letter from the editor
"Who owns outer space? And why are Silicon Valley billionaires so very obsessed about blasting off in rockets to spend time on Mars?"
We Must Nationalise Total
Andreas Malm talks climate politics, the state, and revolution, arguing that the left must politicise the climate crisis in order to effectively fight its driving forces.
I Do Not Dream of Labour: A Reading List
Books that envisage a different working world.
