New Politics Vol. XIX No. 3, Whole Number 75

FROM THE EDITORS

STRUGGLES IN THE UNITED STATES
STOP COP PLANET, SAVE THE SURREAL WORLD – Dan Fischer
RIGHT-WING ATTACKS ON EDUCATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH JESSE HAGOPIAN – Phil Gasper
INTERVIEWS WITH ANTI-FASCISTS – Shane Burley
SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER – Kevin Van Meter

INTERNATIONAL LEFT POLITICS
SYMPOSIUM. MARGINALIZED DISCOURSE: VOICES FROM THE CRITICAL LEFT IN CUBA – Collected, translated, and introduced by James Buckwalter-Arias, with contributions from Alexander Hall Lujardo, Lisbeth Moya González, Alina – Bárbara López Hernández, Lynn Cruz, and Raymar Aguado Hernández
MAPPING THE RADICAL IMAGINATION: THE PUERTO RICAN LEFT SINCE THE 1990S – José A. Laguarta Ramírez
UKRAINE AND THE INDIAN LEFT: AN INTERVIEW WITH KAVITA KRISHNAN – Rohini Hensman

ASSESSING AND REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Michael Albert
MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CAPITALIST DISEASE – David Matthews
BEYOND CAPITALISM: A PARTICIPATORY ECONOMY – Robin Hahnel

ROSA LUXEMBURG
REVISITING ROSA LUXEMBURG’S WRITINGS ON RUSSIA’S 1905 REVOLUTION – Robert Ovetz, Review of Hudis and Rein (eds.), The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg
Excerpt from MASS STRIKE – Rosa Luxemburg

REVIEW ESSAYS
IN SEARCH OF WORKER STRATEGY: SEAMS, CHOKEPOINTS, AND ORGANIZATION – Kim Moody, Review of Labor Power and Strategy: John Womack Jr., ed. Olney and Perušek
THE WAR IN UKRAINE: MAKING SENSE OF A SENSELESS BOOK – Carl Mirra, Review of Benjamin/Davies, The War in Ukraine: making Sense of a Senseless War

CULTURE
TRANSATLANTIC: DRAMATIC, BEAUTIFUL, AND (PERHAPS A LITTLE TOO MUCH) FUN – Dan La Botz, Review of Transatlantic
UNRAVELLING “ARRYTHMIA – Jonas Marvin, Review of Billet, Shake the City: Experiments in Space and Time, Music and Crisis
WARSAW GHETTO CYCLE: POEMS – Sam Friedman

REVIEWS
RECOGNIZING THE COUNTERREVOLUTION – Frances Fox Piven, Review of Steinberg, Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement
FROM KOSOVO TO UKRAINE – Promise Li, Review of Achcar, The New Cold War
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: CHICAGO DEMOCRATS AND THEIR CONTRADICTIONS – Guy Miller, Review of Mantler, The Multiracial Promise
THE LIMITS OF STATE-CENTRIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN LEFT – Dawn Marie Paley and Brian Whitener, Review of Gaudichaud, Mondonesi, and Webber, The Impasse of the Latin American Left
A PROGRESSIVE ANALYSIS OF VETERANS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS – Betsy Zucker, Review of Gordon, Early, and Craven, Our Veterans

In this issue:

From The Editors

From the Editors

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New Politics editors survey the current political landscape and introduces articles in the Summer 2023 issue.

Struggles in the United States

Stop Cop Planet, Save the Surreal World

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Dan Fischer analyzes the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, its roots in the Black Power movements and anarchist inspirations.

Fighting the Right-Wing Attacks on Education

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Phil Gasper interviews radical educator Jesse Hagopian about attacks on anti-racist education in the United States.

The Lessons of Anti-Racist Action

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Shane Burley interviews militants from the antifascist network Anti-Racist Action, active in North America between the 1980s and early 2000s.

Searching for the American Worker

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Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet “the American Worker,” its international impact and the significance of workers’ inquiry.

International Left Politics

Symposium: Marginalized Discourse: Voices from the Critical Left in Cuba

[PDF][Print]Collected, translated, and introduced by James Buckwalter-Arias, with contributions from Alexander Hall Lujardo, Lisbeth Moya González, Alina Bárbara López Hernández, Lynn Cruz, and Raymar Aguado Hernández
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Introduction to Marginalized Discourse: Voices from the Critical Left in Cuba

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James Buckwalter-Arias introduces the collection of contributions from critical leftists in Cuba.

The Historical Burden of Actually Existing Socialism

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Alexander Hall Lujardo develops the emancipatory anti-capitalist critique of Cuban state socialism.

Cuba and the World

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Lisbeth Moya González discusses how the international left can be in solidarity with the critical Cuban left.

The False Dilemma Fallacy

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Alina Bárbara López Hernández rejects the Cuban state’s claim to be on the left.

The Cuban Reality

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Lynn Cruz calls for situating Cuban politics in the context of the world capitalist system

The Cuban Left, More Critical and Decolonized

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Raymar Aguado Hernández denounces Cuban state repression of critical leftists

Mapping the Radical Imagination

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José A. Laguarta Ramírez presents an in-depth discussion of the history of the Puerto Rican radical left.

Ukraine and the Indian Left

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The ties between India and Russia, and a call for the Indian left to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Articles

Assessing and Regulating Artificial Intelligence

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A call for a moratorium on AI development based on the precautionary principle, and a discussion of the difficulty of achieving it in a capitalist society.

Mental Illness as a Capitalist Disease

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How the capitalist system generates mental illness

Beyond Capitalism: A Participatory Economy

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A vision of how a socialist, participatory economy could function.

Rosa Luxemburg

review

Revisiting Rosa Luxemburg’s Writings on the 1905 Russian Revolution

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Robert Ovetz describes the significance of a new collection of Rosa Luxemburg’s writings on revolution from 1906 to 1909, recently published in English.

From The Mass Strike, The Political Party, and the Trade Unions

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In this classic work, Rosa Luxemburg situates mass strikes at the center of revolutionary political dynamics.

Review Essays

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In Search of Worker Strategy

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Kim Moody reviews John Womack Jr.’s book “Labor Power and Strategy” and responses to his contributions, focused on the significance of workers’ positional power in labor struggles.

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The War in Ukraine

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Drawing in part on his own experiences in Ukraine, Carl Mirra criticizes the factual background and interpretations in Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies’ “The War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.”

Culture

Transatlantic

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Review of a Netflix series on the efforts to get refugees out of Marseilles in 1940-41

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Unravelling “Arrythmia”

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Jonas Marvin reviews Alexander Billet’s book “Shake the City,” which explores the role of music in social movements.

Warsaw Ghetto Cycle: Poems

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Poems on the Warsaw Ghetto and its resistance.

Reviews

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Recognizing the Counterrevolution!

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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.

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From Kosovo to Ukraine

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Promise Li reviews Gilbert Achcar’s “The New Cold War,” an analysis of inter-imperialist rivalry between the US, Russia, and China.

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Rage Against the Machine

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Guy Miller reviews Gordon K. Mantler’s “The Multiracial Promise,” an account and analysis of Harold Washington’s mayoralty in Chicago in the 1980s.

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The Limits of State-Centric Analysis of the Latin American Left

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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.

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A Progressive Analysis of Veterans and Veterans Affairs

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Betsy Zucker reviews Gordon et al.’s book “Our Veterans,” on the veterans’ healthcare in the US and the threat of privatization.

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