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In his heyday, Paul Robeson was one of the most famous people in the world; to his enemies he was also one of the most dangerous. From the 1930s to...

The last two years have been the most brutal in the entire thirty-six year history of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip;...

The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive character...

The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive character...

An intense literary memoir of love and grief“Our marriage was, from any conventional point of view, wildly implausible; and you, my dear son, are t...

Why should an artist’s way of looking at the world have any meaning for us? Any artwork reflects the artist’s intentions, but also its times: there...

Investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic co...

Throughout the nineteenth century, German philosophy was haunted by the specter of the French Revolution. Kant, Hegel and their followers spent the...

Throughout the nineteenth century, German philosophy was haunted by the specter of the French Revolution. Kant, Hegel and their followers spent the...

The publication in 1965 of For Marx and Reading Capital established Louis Althusser as one of the most original and controversial figures in the We...

An urgent and provocative account of the modern ‘militant’, a transformative figure at the front line of emancipatory politics. Around the world, r...

Retracing the philosophical discussions around careOur current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the ne...

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to ...

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to ...

Whenever an individual asks to be recognized, he asks for confirmation of what he believes himself to be. But he also asks for an establishing act ...

"To link socialism and lesbianism is to link the unpopular with the taboo"Though the interpretations of the interplay between sexism and capitalism...

The earthshaking news of October 1998 that General Pinochet had been arrested in Britain unleashed two years of international interest in the case ...

Since 1998, the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensu...

The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chávez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and Americ...

The “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization—by the world’s leading urbanist (Ar...

A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdownIn the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no a...

A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdownIn the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no a...

Transformations in Cuban art, literature and culture in the post-Fidel eraCuba has been in a state of massive transformation over the past decade, ...