“IN THE FIRST decade of the 21st century, Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela had the most radical government and most developed social movements of the Latin American Pink Tide.[…]
Twenty years later, Venezuela was far less attractive: its economy was ruined, its social movements were shells, and the government of Nicolás Maduro, Chávez’s successor, was repressive.
Mexico: A Revolutionary Ride
11 September, by“One of the book’s great strengths is that it offers an empathetic look at the various political currents swirling through revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico.”
Russia’s New Imperialism
11 September, by“A fascinating and highly topical book, which deserves to be read without fail.”
Remaining true to socialism — and wrestling with its meaning
3 September, by“Here is a gift for all who care about the human spirit, freedom, democracy and socialism: a volume of first-person, first-hand recollections about how something that seemed so extraordinarily promising — the 1917 Russian Revolution — took a tragically dark turn, and how some people sought to understand and push against such a fateful and terrible development.”
The Early Comintern in Context
3 September, by“READERS WILL FIND inside this austerely presented and written book a rich vein of political analysis from the documents and debates of the Communist International (CI), or Comintern as it came to be known, as it sought to analyze and shape tumultuous events during the period of victories and defeats following the 1917 Russian Revolution.”
The Bund: A Committed History
19 August, byThe rave reception for Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a breakthrough for Jewish radicals. After decades of Zionist hegemony within U.S. Jewish communities, including on the left, suddenly Crabapple’s avowedly, even fiercely anti-Zionist book is on the New York Times bestseller list.
Defining Democratic Socialists of America
8 June, byTHIS VALUABLE COLLECTION serves a dual function. Most obviously, it connects readers with the largest organization on the U.S. Left today — Democratic Socialists of America.
Searching for international solidarity
1 May, byDeeper Grounds, Darker Shadows is the remarkable memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary who traveled across four different continents to find support for the struggle in his home-country. A book filled with stories of subterfuge and encounters with outlaws and dictators, it sheds new light on the history of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the limitations of its revolutionary strategy.
The Revolutionary Development of Global Marxism
21 April, byIn this review of two books about the development of anti- and de-colonial Marxism, Paul Le Blanc recommends an account of the development of Marx’s thought with regard to the class dynamics and revolutionary possibilities of global struggles. Developments in Marx’s thinking may be usefully put into conversation with thinkers from the Global South if done so in an analytical way.
A Review of Nancy Holmstrom’s “From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View”
21 April, byNancy Holmstrom’s From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View: Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature is a collection of essays written across several decades by a philosopher whose commitment to theoretically and politically integrating Marxism and feminism has remained unfashionably steady across half a century of shifting intellectual trends.
