Jonas Marvin reviews Alexander Billet’s book “Shake the City,” which explores the role of music in social movements.
Issue number: 75
From The Mass Strike, The Political Party, and the Trade Unions
In this classic work, Rosa Luxemburg situates mass strikes at the center of revolutionary political dynamics.
Beyond Capitalism: A Participatory Economy
What do those who are fed up with capitalism propose to put in its place?
review
Revisiting Rosa Luxemburg’s Writings on the 1905 Russian Revolution
Robert Ovetz describes the significance of a new collection of Rosa Luxemburg’s writings on revolution from 1906 to 1909, recently published in English.
Searching for the American Worker
Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet “the American Worker,” its international impact and the significance of workers’ inquiry.
The Lessons of Anti-Racist Action
Shane Burley interviews militants from the antifascist network Anti-Racist Action, active in North America between the 1980s and early 2000s.
review
A Progressive Analysis of Veterans and Veterans Affairs
Betsy Zucker reviews Gordon et al.’s book “Our Veterans,” on the veterans’ healthcare in the US and the threat of privatization.
review
Recognizing the Counterrevolution!
Frances Fox Piven reviews and praises Stephen Steinberg’s book Counterrevolution, on the rise of the racist right in the US, attacking the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement.
review
The Limits of State-Centric Analysis of the Latin American Left
In their review of Gaudichaud et al.’s book, “The Impasse of the Latin American Left,” Paley and Whitener call for greater focus on autonomous social movements.
review
Rage Against the Machine
Chicago Democratic Politics and their Contradictions
Guy Miller reviews Gordon K. Mantler’s “The Multiracial Promise,” an account and analysis of Harold Washington’s mayoralty in Chicago in the 1980s.
review
From Kosovo to Ukraine
Promise Li reviews Gilbert Achcar’s “The New Cold War,” an analysis of inter-imperialist rivalry between the US, Russia, and China.
The Cuban Reality
Lynn Cruz calls for situating Cuban politics in the context of the world capitalist system
Introduction to Marginalized Discourse: Voices from the Critical Left in Cuba
James Buckwalter-Arias introduces the collection of contributions from critical leftists in Cuba.
The Historical Burden of Actually Existing Socialism
Alexander Hall Lujardo develops the emancipatory anti-capitalist critique of Cuban state socialism.
Cuba and the World
Lisbeth Moya González discusses how the international left can be in solidarity with the critical Cuban left.
Ukraine and the Indian Left
An Interview with Kavita Krishnan
The ties between India and Russia, and a call for the Indian left to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Mapping the Radical Imagination
A Relational Genealogy of the Puerto Rican Left Since the 1990s
José A. Laguarta Ramírez presents an in-depth discussion of the history of the Puerto Rican radical left.
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