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Whose Future Is It Anyway?

Jess Maginity Los Angeles Review of Books
This book discusses the effort by the alt-right and fascist movements to claim the genres science fiction and speculative literature as their own.

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Squid Game 2, an Allegory of Capitalism Versus Democracy

Caitlyn Clark Jacobin
In the nail-biting new season of Netflix’s hit series Squid Game, players’ desperate circumstances push them to make fatally risky bets on individual success even when collective action might save them.

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Costa-Gavras Directing the Revolution-‘Z’

Kenan Behzat Sharpe Jacobin
Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.

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Balance of Power: Central Banks and the Fate of Democracies

Ivan Radanović LSE Review of Books
Reviewer Radanović calls this book essential reading for understanding why reconnecting central banks to the people is crucial to meet the major challenges of our time, from rising inequality to the climate crisis.

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‘The Brutalist’ Review: Ambitions Unbound

Manohla Dargis The New York Times
Adrien Brody stars as a talented architect who flees postwar Europe to meet his match in America, a power-hungry industrialist played by Guy Pearce.
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