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Comrade

by Jodi Dean

When people say “comrade,” they change the world
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century

by Erik Olin Wright

What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?

9 posts
The Authoritarian Personality

by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, et al.

Hugely influential study of the psychology of authoritarianism

7 posts
For a Left Populism

by Chantal Mouffe

What is the “populist moment” and what does it mean for the left?

10 posts

The Tailor of Ulm: A History of Communism

by Lucio Magri

A fascinating analysis and account of the decline and fall of Western communism by a participant observer

20 posts
The Security Principle

by Frédéric Gros

The idea of security—from ancient Greece to the War on Terror

2 posts
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto

by Aaron Bastani

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity and capitalism

8 posts
Riot. Strike. Riot

by Joshua Clover

Political theorist Joshua Clover theorizes the riot as the form of the coming insurrection

42 posts

Full Surrogacy Now

by Sophie Lewis

Where pregnancy is concerned, let every pregnancy be for everyone. Let us overthrow, in short, the “family”

8 posts
The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born

by Nancy Fraser

Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?

5 posts
Never-Ending Nightmare

by Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval

The authoritarian face of neoliberalism

1 post
Legislature by Lot

by John Gastil and Erik Olin Wright

Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class

The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe

by Dylan Riley

How the development of twentieth-century fascism depended on strong civil societies

2 posts
Fascism and Dictatorship

by Nicos Poulantzas

A compelling analysis of fascism, replete with insights into the authoritarian movements and states of our time

17 posts
The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume III

by Rosa Luxemburg

4 posts
Philosophy and Revolution: From Kant to Marx

by Stathis Kouvelakis

A remarkable history of the formation of Marxist thought

50 posts

The Day After the Revolution

by V. I. Lenin

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Žižek shows why Lenin’s thought is still important today

13 posts
Germany’s Hidden Crisis

by Oliver Nachtwey

How neoliberalism is causing a social crisis in Germany

2 posts
The Limits to Capital

by David Harvey

A major rereading of Marx’s critique of political economy

23 posts
On Populist Reason

by Ernesto Laclau

A philosophical and political exploration of the construction of popular identities

24 posts

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