Montly Review

• In Amsterdam in November? Head to Pakuis de Zwijger for Chris dePloeg’s “The Exterminating Empire”

  Will you be in Amsterdam on November 23rd? Head to the social center known as Pakuis de Zwijger for a lively and engaging event with Chris dePloeg together with renowned climate author Jason Hickel (in person), frontline Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah (joining online) and moderator, climate justice activist and researcher Harriët Bergman. There will also be cultural performances from Chihiro Geuzebroek and brothers Chris and Max de Ploeg, tying their ancestral struggles in Bolivia and Armenia to the global struggle for liberation.

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• Recently reissued: The Rainbow Challenge (Excerpt)

  "Jesse Jackson’s first presidential primary race in 1984 should have been a wakeup call for the Democratic Party...."

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• New! “Grand Theft Capital”, by Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster

  A New York Times headline in early 2026 announced what many workers have known for years: “For Many Cash-Strapped Americans, ‘Basic Living has become a Burden.’” Living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little... READ MORE

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• New: “‘Black Marxism’: A Marxist Critique”, by August Nimtz

  The latest, an interview by Constantin Berlin, for Jacobin: "The recently published collection, 'Black Marxism: A Marxist Critique,' makes accessible, for the first time, a critique that spans four decades and addresses Robinson’s claims and those made by his followers by putting forth an authentic Marxism as the most reliable method for human liberation in the real world and explaining why it remains the guiding principle for the transracial class struggle today...."

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• New: “Requiem for French Theory” by Aymeric Monville, Jennifer Ponce de León and Gabriel Rockhill

  The latest: "In this episode of Coming From Left Field, philosopher and cultural critic Gabriel Rockhill joins Greg Godels & Pat Cummings to explore the Ford Foundation, the 1966 Johns Hopkins conference often cited as a launching point for French Theory in the United States, Cold War cultural politics, and the wider political economy of academic knowledge production...."

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