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A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse

Benjamin Tetler Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer Tetler assesses Harvey's commentary on Marx's famous and influential early work.

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Celebrating the Leadership and Comradeship of Charlene Mitchell

William P. Jones Portside
“People who truly believe in justice and equality, and peace and socialism, should not actually really care whether their contributions are individually noted,” Angela Davis asserted at a tribute to her friend and mentor, Charlene Mitchell, in 2009.

books

Abolition As Method

Kay Gabriel Dissent
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s Abolition Geography is written to be used.

food

Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy

Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall Perspectives on History: the newsmagazine of the American Historical Association
The process of examining recipes and cooking instills concepts more deeply than traditional modes of assessment; learning about Jewish women just by reading texts would be particularly ahistorical.

tv

In Obama’s Working, There Is No Way Out

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Barack Obama abandoned his commitments to unions, and many top staffers went to work for the gig economy. In his Netflix series Working, the former president bears witness to workers’ suffering as if it were immutable.

poetry

Our Constitution

Beau Beausoleil Intermitten Press
Three years after the murder of George Floyd on March 25 2020, San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil offers a limited portfolio of 20 poems as homage and legacy.

poetry

The Popular Vote

Star Black Popular Vote
What really do we mean by the “popular vote”? The poet Star Black sees the consequences of misunderstanding.
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