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  • Genocide Leaves No Illusions Intact

    Genocide Leaves No Illusions Intact

    As part of a symposium, in Berlin, 5 October 2024, philosopher and activist, Yasmeen Daher on how German public discourse surrounding Palestine has been silenced, impacting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the broader issue of Palestinian lives.
  • The Year in 10 Books | 2024

    The Year in 10 Books | 2024

    In the era of polycrisis, these books will help you understand the past tumultuous year, and how to fight in the face of despair.
  • Faith, or The Stories We Tell

    Faith, or The Stories We Tell

    If we do not believe we can win, we will not win. How can we learn from the past in order to invent a new concept of political faith to guide us in today’s pessimistic world?
  • Roughage

    Roughage

    “She wanted to dig a square hole in the dark mud, lie down in it, and wait for someone to come along and cover her up. Thank you, she would say, if they did.”

  • New Left Review 149, out now.

    New Left Review 149, out now.

    As we enter the fevered last days before the US presidential election, Anton Jäger analyses the pathologies of American political culture, where—as Engels once put it—two great gangs of political speculators battle for power; where a new hyper-politicization has replaced the quiescence of the Clinton–Bush years, while the determination of US policies remains beyond popular reach.