In our previous issue we noted the furore created by Robert Brenner and Dylan Riley’s “Seven theses on American politics”, published in New Left Review at the end of 2022. In the July-August issue of New Left Review, Lola Seaton… Continue Reading
Race is once more central to British politics—from Black Lives Matter to the ethnically diverse Tory government’s obsession with deporting refugees, and the rise of a far right claiming that white people are being oppressed by “wokeness”. Several new books… Continue Reading
A review of The Wrath to Come—Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells, Sarah Churchwell (Head of Bloomsbury, 2023), £10.99 Sarah Churchwell’s new book could hardly be timelier. According to a recent YouGov and Economist poll, “More than… Continue Reading
As noted elsewhere in this issue, during the past quarter we have lost two towering figures who have each been important in developing the Marxist tradition with which this journal is associated: Mike Davis and John Molyneux. Along with the… Continue Reading
Analysis Trussonomics confronts the crisis Joseph Choonara Striking back: is the class struggle reviving in Britain? Mark Thomas Interview: Sri Lanka’s stalled revolt Ahilan Kadirgamar A supreme injustice: the battle for abortion rights in the United States Judith Orr Interview:… Continue Reading
As noted in our analysis piece, New Left Review is one of the few socialist journals that shares a similar outlook to International Socialism on the conflict in Ukraine. This is reflected in its excellent double issue, which contains articles… Continue Reading
A review of Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment, Agnieszka Graff and Elżbieta Korolczuk (Routledge, 2021), £120 The need to understand how and why the populist far right has been so successful has never been more urgent. The victories for… Continue Reading
A review of The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism, Ulrich Brand and Marcus Wissen (Verso, 2021), £16.99 Over the past decade, Marxists have published many valuable works on capitalism and ecology.1 Yet, there… Continue Reading
On 2 October 2022, the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections will be held, with a second round scheduled for 30 October 2022.1 At the time of writing, the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, has 27 percent of votes, according to… Continue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the system of school examinations into sharp focus.1 The examination season for A levels and GCSEs was cancelled over two consecutive summers in 2020 and 2021.2 In both years, examinations were replaced by teacher-assessed grades—but… Continue Reading