Book Review
‘Vicious Circle,’ Mexican writer José Agustín’s 1972 play in brilliant translation
December 6, 2019This great work has steeped and grown and matured into a mighty, and a mighty impressive contribution not only to literary scholarship but frankly to working-class culture.
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Monty Python’s North Korea? Comedian’s book is surprisingly objective look at DPRK
December 3, 2019Michael Palin often disparages the system of the DPRK, but as his journey continues, he clearly became quite fond of the Korean people.
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Review: ‘The Sex Factor – How Women Made the West Rich’
July 26, 2019Some readers will think Bateman’s views towards Marxist analyses are less than accurate, but she offers a valuable perspective rarely mentioned in bourgeois academia.
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“New Left” in old age: Lebowitz’s ‘Contradictions of Real Socialism’
May 9, 2019The 1960s New Left's populist fantasies are still not what's needed to build real socialism.
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‘Communism for Kids’—but mostly for grownups with imagination
December 27, 2018A reader with some background in socialist thinking will readily identify the hopeful, optimistic conclusion with some skepticism, smacking as it does of the early “utopians."
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