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Why Brazilian Workers Love Lula

ANDRE PAGLIARINI Jacobin
Lula Da Silva
Review of Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil by John D. French (University of North Carolina Press, 2020).

Trauma Walks into a Bar

Melissa Spohr Weiss Tar River Poetry
In this ode to the walking wounded, poet Melissa Spohr Weiss reminds us that trauma has consequences, that “trauma births trauma births trauma.”

Red Flag over the White House?

Benjamin Kunkel New Left Review
In left history, the two poles of “reform” and “revolution” are often counterpoised, and for good reason. In the book under review, the author tries to square the circle. The reviewer critically but comradely weighs the author’s successes.