In 2023, French workers, young people, migrants and Muslims fought President Emmanuel Macron’s government in a series of explosive battles that saw some of the highest levels of struggle in Europe for many years.1 It is, as one French analysis… Continue Reading
The German radical left party Die Linke (“The Left”) was founded in 2007, bringing together the Party for Democratic Socialism (the successor organisation to the former governing party in East Germany) and The Electoral Alternative—Work and Social Justice (Wahlalternative Arbeit… Continue Reading
As the bodies of Palestinians piled up in the Gaza Strip, United States president Joe Biden told reporters that the end of the conflict would only come with a “two-state solution” and the creation of a “real” Palestinian state alongside… Continue Reading
At the time of writing, the Israeli war machine is pounding Gaza.1 Hospitals and medical care have collapsed. Fuel, water, power and food supplies have been cut. Almost half of Gaza’s homes have been destroyed or damaged.2 Around 1.6 million… Continue Reading
The carnage wrought by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip is a moment of unimaginable brutality.1 It is also a moment of intensification of the exclusion of and violence against Palestinians stretching back over three-quarters of a century. At the… Continue Reading
My latest book, Management Divided, articulates and develops what I take to be the classical Marxist theory of the labour process, based on a study of 31 manufacturing firms in the United States.1 I theorise the labour process via a… Continue Reading
This article is dedicated to the memory of another Sephardic Jewish rebel, Roni Margulies (1955-2023). Why discuss Marx and Spinoza now? The appearance of a monumental new biography by Jonathan Israel, an outstanding historian of the early modern Netherlands, is… Continue Reading
During the current cost of living crisis, many groups of public sector workers, such as teachers, university lecturers, postal workers and significant sections of National Health Service workers, have taken industrial action.1 The entry of health workers into the waves… Continue Reading
The Conservative administration of Rishi Sunak, the fourth Tory prime minister in as many years, appeared to be limping into oblivion as our autumn issue went to press.1 A piece by the chief political commentator at the Financial Times compares… Continue Reading
A review of The Communist Women’s Movement 1920-1922: Proceedings, Resolutions and Reports, Mike Taber and Daria Dyakonova (eds) (Brill, 2023), £164 The Communist Women’s Movement (CWM) is little known today, but it became a significant force in the international campaign… Continue Reading