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Challenging the White Blindspot

Reviewed by David Ranney – September 27, 2022

Noel Ignatiev dedicated his life to challenging white supremacy, taking aim at the very idea of the white race as a positive community or identity. David Ranney reviews a new anthology of his works: Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity. – Read review

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Obscured Accomplishments: Comments on 'James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-38'

Reviewed by Brendan Campisi – July 1, 2022

Brendan Campisi reviews historian Bryan D. Palmer's most recent work on the life of U.S. left-wing stalwart and founding figure of the U.S. Trotskyist movement James P. Cannon. – Read review

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The Dawn of Social Evolution

Reviewed by Nicolas D Villarreal – March 6, 2022

Nicolas D Villarreal reviews David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything and outlines a theory of social evolution that answers the book's objections to such theories. – Read review

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To Talk of Organization – on Nunes' Neither Vertical nor Horizontal

Reviewed by Alex James – February 9, 2022

Alex James reviews Rodrigo Nunes' latest book Neither Vertical nor Horizontal, finding a refreshing new vocabulary for talking about organization that raises difficult questions rather than providing simple answers. – Read review

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Worse than Dead: A Critical Response to McKenzie Wark

Reviewed by James W – October 12, 2020

James W reviews McKenzie Wark's Capital is Dead. – Read review