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Making a Felt Rug in Kyrgyzstan

Traveling through Kyrgyzstan, Owen Schalk finds that memories of Soviet social stability loom large for an aging population confronting an uncertain capitalist future.

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Anarchism In Theory: A Review of Catherine Malabou's 'Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy'

Catherine Malabou's Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy is a brilliant attempt to think anarchism anew. If it fails to convincingly link up its critique with present-day politics, it could prove decisive for the anarchist movements of the future, argues Conrad Hamilton.

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Pre-Digestion of the Status Quo: A Review of 'Why We Fear AI'

Nico D Villarreal reviews Why We Fear AI, a new book by Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer, and argues that, although the work has merits, the authors' heavy reliance on well trodden ideas from the left of academia precludes a broader critical discussion of AI.

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The Active Side of Human Praxis: A Review of 'The Vygotsky Anthology'

Suresh Chauhan reviews a recently published anthology of writings by Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, arguing that the collection successfully showcases Vygotsky's extensive scholarly interests, but fails to account for the socio-political aspects of his work.

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Letter: Introducing Springs of Revolution

July 29, 2025

“On April 28, a group of DSA members submitted a platform for the 2025 DSA National Convention: Springs of Revolution. In less than two weeks, these resolutions became …”

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Letter: On Right Wing Black Politics

July 14, 2025

“The Democrats have almost replicated philosemitism with Black people and use a caricatured image of them to push very right wing politics. The mass base of this is …”

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Letter: Enough With Superficial Critiques of Socialist Electoralism Copy-Pasted From 2016

July 8, 2025

“Since Zohran Mamdani’s electrifying victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, there have been a couple dozen pieces written which advance a generic critique of socialist …”

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