A Land Without Landlords: Nick Bano & Beth Stratford
Nick Bano and Beth Stratford discuss landlords, rentierism, and the British housing crisis.
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Karl Marx and Ecology: An Interview with Michael Löwy
While some ecologists remain critical of Marxism and skeptical about how much Marx can offer the environmental movement, Michael Löwy argues that Marx's writing can help us understand the relationship between nature, capitalism, and wealth formation. -
The States of the Earth Today: The War in Iraq and the Independence of Algeria
Twenty-one years ago, on March 19, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. Forty-one years earlier, on March 19, 1962, France withdrew from Algeria. In this essay Mohamed Amer Meziane, author of The States of the Earth, explores what we can learn from these intertwined temporalities.
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The muscles of the colonized
Matthew Beaumont explores Ernst Bloch’s theory that posture and gait are a reliable guide to one’s relative state of social alienation or disalienation.
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There, and not there | Paradise Rot
The opening of Jenny Hval’s novel Paradise Rot sets the stage for an unsettling, uncanny story of blurred boundaries and a heady sexual awakening in an unfamiliar place. -
The split-subjects of the revolution
Revolutionary publishing has a long history in Iran. Often published anonymously, with blank spaces where the author's name should be, these came to be known as Jeld-sefid, or White-Covers. Here, Samaneh Moafi uncovers their history and there ongoing influence. -
After Pantin
In response to remarks they gave at an event in Paris earlier this month, Judith Butler has received hate mail while Zionist publications have attacked them. In this article, Butler defends and clarifies their position. -
Unruly Bodies: Matthew Beaumont & Annie Olaloku-Teriba
Matthew Beaumont and Annie Olaloku-Teriba discuss the politics of struggle, power, and the body, in the context of the life and work of Frantz Fanon. -
Becoming Monsters: What happens when the witness becomes the defendant?
To whom should Palestinians fighting for liberation speak? For our Palestine Uncensored series, Islam Al-Khatib writes that the focus on appealing to an international audience has moderated and censored how Palestinians can imagine their fight for freedom. Instead, she argues that Palestinians must break out of the Western discursive frameworks that police their thinking about how liberation can be achieved. -
The renewable energy paradox
Brett Christophers examines the new paradox at the heart of renewable energy development now that the economic obstacle to decarbonisation has been swept away.
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10 books on motherhood
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Abortion Again?
Rosalind Petchesky reflects on the fight for reproductive rights forty years after the original publication of her book, Abortion and Women's Choice: The State, Sexuality and Reproductive Freedom.
