In the 1980s, E.P. Thompson dedicated much of his intellectual and political labor to the CND and other anti-nuclear causes. First published in New Left Review in 1980, "Notes on Exterminism" was Thompson's thoroughgoing effort to account for the challenges to socialist politics posed by the peace movement and the Second Cold War.
Alain Brossat and Alain Naze argues that every revolution involves storming the places of power. Surely, the insurrection by the alt-right on January 6th should not cause crocodile tears on the part of those who seek radical change?
Greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, climate disruption. Think of the succession of words we’ve used to describe the gradual onset of catastrophe and you see at once how inadequate words can be.
Attempts to identify Trump with fascism have proliferated across the political spectrum. In the latest number of New Left Review, Dylan Riley argues that the comparison serves rather to illuminate the specificity of today’s political situation – and the incoherence of Trump’s form of rule.
Ernest Mandel's biographer describes the Supreme Court decision that kept Mandel out of the United States — and set a precedent for the Muslim travel ban.
