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Martin Amis, who died aged 73 earlier this year, has long been criticised from the left but for his political positions––first with Stalinism in Koba the Dread and then Islamic terrorism and his mishandled remarks about the Muslim community. But, argues critic Jared Marcel Pollen, it is for his style that he should be remembered more than his punditry.

In recent years, the New York literary avant-garde has shifted from a Sanders-aligned socialism to a far more amorphous politics, taking in online reactionaries like Bronze Age Pervert and Curtis Yarvin. But how did this happen, and what can this tell us about the idea of the avant-garde today?

The latest episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast.

Press release from the lawyer of La Fabrique's Rights Manager, Ernest.

Ideas about a future society won't in themselves bring us to a better future, but ideas can function as points of orientation for collective struggle. What should the communism we fight for look like?

Every hour is happy hour if you have a good book.

The release of two recent books on the history of East Germany has reignited debates on the meaning of historical memory in Central Europe. Here, Lizzy Kinch asks what the controversy means about Germany's past and its political future.