The centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising is fast approaching. The latest issue of the Irish Marxist Review commemorates with a special issue. Kieran Allen assesses the myths and reality of the rising, Mary Smith reveals the neglected history of… Continue Reading
September’s Monthly Review features an article by Ian Angus on the Anthropocene, a proposed new geological epoch defined by the human influence on the Earth. Some Marxists have flatly rejected the notion of the Anthropocene (see Andreas Malm, “The Anthropocene… Continue Reading
The latest issue of New Left Review (II/93) is dominated by two pieces by Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos, whose sudden and explosive electoral emergence turned the Spanish state upside down last year. The first is an article that… Continue Reading
The latest issue of New Left Review (II/93) is dominated by two pieces by Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos, whose sudden and explosive electoral emergence turned the Spanish state upside down last year. The first is an article that… Continue Reading
This issue of International Socialism overlaps with two of New Left Review (II/90 and 91). They include an ambitious two-part study of Marx in the 1840s by Gopal Balakrishnan. He tries to reframe the old argument about whether there is… Continue Reading
This issue of International Socialism has coincided with two of New Left Review. The first (II/89) is the best for some time. It starts with a useful survey of the Scottish referendum by Neil Davidson (formerly of this parish). But… Continue Reading
The most recent issue of Socialism and Democracy celebrates the 150th anniversary of The First International. Marcello Musto recalls the history of the International and Patrick Bond traces the history of and barriers to working class internationalism in South Africa… Continue Reading
The latest New Left Review (II/85) starts off with the worthy aim of exploring the social roots of recent resistance movements from Occupy to the Turkish and Brazilian protests of June last year. But a piece by the sociologist Göran… Continue Reading
Looming over the quarter is a chunky special issue of New Left Review (II/83). This is entirely devoted to two articles by Perry Anderson on “American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers”. Anderson is renowned for his intelligence and erudition—and for… Continue Reading
The new issue of Historical Materialism (21.2) contains much of interest to readers of International Socialism. Two articles in particular emphasise the actuality of Marx’s Capital. In his 2012 Deutscher Memorial Lecture, Jairus Banaji weaves together Marx’s analysis of financial… Continue Reading