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Issue 9 is devoted entirely to Palestinian liberation. It’ll be mailed out in May, but subscribe now to make sure you reserve yours:
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Leading marxist feminists of The Marxist Feminist Collective: Tithi Bhattacharya, Svenja Bromberg, Angela Dimitrakaki, Sara Farris , and Susan Ferguson with 7 theses for our time.
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Nate Holdren (
@n_hold
) and Rob Hunter (
@selfactingmule
) review Werner Bonefeld's new book on the social constitution of economic compulsion in capitalism:
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On a International Women Day, I am excited to announce the launch of "SPECTRE," a new Marxist journal with editors Tithi Bhattacharya David McNally Cinzia Arruzza Charlie Post Vanessa Wills Kate Doyle Griffiths Zachary Levenson Ashley Smith Holly Lewis
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Geo Maher writes about what abolition, reconstruction, and decolonization teach us about how Palestinian liberation means the liberation of all:
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We asked
@andybliu
to write about how his new book "Tea War" (on the development of capitalism in India and China) forces us to revisit Marx's Capital with fresh eyes. Not to be missed!
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Two radical collectives –
@lausanhk
and
@CChinaScholars
– came together to discuss anti-imperialism and internationalism in the context of rising US-China tensions. What might solidarity look like?
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Our statement on the ongoing war on Ukraine:
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This is our editorial board's statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza:
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Writing in
@JournalSpectre
,
@dnbrgr
argues that Trump wielded his pardon power for the same reason governors have largely refused it: to defend mass incarceration and the political-economic inequalities it upholds
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Palestinian liberation is essential to any anti-imperialist politics today.
Our editors weigh in on DSA members defending Jamaal Bowman's trip to Israel – which, they argue, is the logical consequence of these members turn toward electoralism:
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Our fourth print issue is just about to ship. Be sure to subscribe in time to receive your copy!
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Happy birthday C.L.R. James, born on this day in 1901.
"You never know when it is going to explode. The revolutionary movement is a series of explosions when the regular routine of things reaches a pitch where it cannot go on."
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Today in Spectre: William Clare Roberts (
@MarxinHell
) enters an ongoing debate in our pages about the relationship between philosophical theory & political struggle.
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Brand new interview with
@mayaywind
on her book new book on Zionist scholasticide, out now on
@VersoBooks
:
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Today we’re thrilled to feature the first in a new series of abolitionist texts from Brazil. This first one is by
@giflorentino
and
@Franjuventude
, translated by
@amscaldeira
and
@margaridang_
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Epidemiologist Rob Wallace talked to us about the global capitalist roots of COVID-19, the likelihood of subsequent pandemics, and what kind of organized resistance is likely to prevent them.
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Don't miss our interview with
@Rgnhardliner
on the coup in Myanmar. The struggle's in the streets!
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An activist in Tehran writes about the mass protests continuing in Iran:
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Two members of
@lausanhk
write about the latest round of repression unleashed by China's new security law in Hong Kong:
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Our third print issue is at the printer's. Be sure to subscribe in time to receive your copy!
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Tenant organizers
@promiseli0
and
@egglessmooncake
write about the power of abolitionist politics in the fight against displacement in LA's Chinatown
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In opposition to McCarthyist silencing of Palestine solidarity and Palestinian voices, Spectre welcomes any and all submissions--poems, interviews, analyses, reports from the ground, and political commentary--by Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists.
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.
@MarxinHell
draws strategic lessons from the Paris Commune, reflecting 150 years later. Writing against the twin pitfalls of romanticism and defeatism, he asks how a more realistic strategic assessment can benefit contemporary social struggles.
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Emily Janakiram writes about the need for militant, abolitionist struggle for abortion access – beyond Democratic Party cooptation:
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.
@promiseli_
argues that a true movement for Asian American liberation requires building collective power by linking anti-racist and anti-capitalist struggles in coalition with other marginalized communities
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Interested in Sudanese Marxism? Then don't miss
@ShireenNajla
and Sara Abbas' roundtable on the Resistance Committees with
@StillSUDAN
,
@MuzanAlneel
, and
@MinDaS66
!
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A friendly critique of DSA strategy from Warren Montag:
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In our last new piece of the year, Steve Wright interviews
@viewpointmag
's
@andrewanastasi
on his new collection of never-before-translated Mario Tronti essays, out now on
@CommonNotions
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Is the lumpenproletariat a class? Or should we think of lumpenization as a verb – as a process affecting all classes?
@DanielTutt
rethinks the concept in relation to Clyde Barrow's new book, drawing lessons for making sense of Trump's Bonapartist moves
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As the uprising continues to unfold,
@JournalSpectre
unconditionally supports those in the streets. This is our official statement.
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Aditya Bahl analyzes the ongoing farmers' struggles on the periphery of Delhi, considering them in the context of the Modi regime and the longer history of the country's Green Revolution. Long but well worth your time!
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All journalists and particularly left-wing writers and publications should be concerned that
@DougHenwood
has been banned from
@Facebook
without any refrence to breach of community terms.
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Read
@PeterIkeler
*destroying* Dustin Guastella's recent
@nonsite_org
polemic against police abolition:
"The DSA and the wider left should make it equally clear where such anti-activist sentiments and class reductionism belong: in a goddamn trash can."
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Coming soon: new writing on ecosocialism, a brilliant essay on primitive accumulation, analyses of ongoing struggles in Latin America and Thailand, and much more. Stay tuned, and don’t forget to subscribe!
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Liberal calls for "law and order" must be unconditionally condemned. What we need instead is to drive these fascists out of the streets and out of our workplaces, together.
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Join us on May 22 as we launch the latest issue of
@JournalSpectre
, along with
@emanabdelhadi
,
@ShireenNajla
, Sai Englert,
@grundrza
, and
@abedtakriti
. The entire issue is devoted to the question of Palestinian liberation.
You can register here:
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.
@ProfessorKumar
on the legacy of imperial feminism. The new edition of her book, much of it rewritten for the 20th anniversary of 9/11, comes out next week!
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If you can afford to, plz subscribe, as we run at a loss and all work for free — no foundation money or uni funding. But also plz read
@touchfaith
’s piece, as it’s a long overdue intervention. Wish we could just leak every piece for free, but if there’s to be an issue 3........
scanned version here for those who asked. for folks with research funds, please subscribe to
@JournalSpectre
to support this kind of racial capitalist analysis.
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If you’re trying to make sense of the ongoing war in Sudan, don’t miss this panel organized by our editor
@ShireenNajla
— coming up next week!
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Michael Roberts responds to Seth Ackerman's critique of Marxist crisis theory
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.
@IolaElla
argues that the rise of authoritarianism is a global phenomenon. American exceptionalism has no place on the left.
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Also coming in issue 2 of
@JournalSpectre
: a critical essay on Frank Wilderson's new book Afropessimism by
@touchfaith
. Subscribe in the link below!
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What does the ongoing rivalry between the US and China mean for Taiwan?
@brianhioe
weighs in:
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Remember that
@jacobin
study that insisted "wokeness" was the problem and that workers favor Democrats?
@Pete_Ikeler
,
@andsern
, and Erin Cass demonstrate that these claims aren't substantiated by the authors' own data:
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Spectre needs your love––and your support. We desperately need your contributions if we are to keep our print journal alive! Listen to
@KeeangaYamahtta
:
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The “specter of communism” is passé; are “seeds of degrowth communism” taking root today?
@Gareth_Dale
evaluates
@koheisaito0131
’s latest book:
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Today in Spectre, Kim Moody takes us on a deep dive of Amazon's logistic systems: one of the behemoth's biggest strengths, but also an Achilles' heel offering opportunities for workers' struggle.
"We see human intervention at every point in the process."
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.
@ahatanhel
from the Ukrainian organization
@SocRuch
(& editor of
@commonscomua
) argues that the left must unequivocally oppose spheres of influence, which are nothing but a cover for imperialist maneuvering in Eastern Europe:
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What's the state of Marxist theory in Japan? Gavin Walker talks to
@SelimNadi
about Japanese Marxism, from early 20th century debates to contemporary arguments:
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Here it is -- the cover of *Spectre* issue 1. We are excited to be bringing you this new Marxist journal. And rarely have the stakes been higher for the left.
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Don’t miss Samuel Fisher’s deep critical engagement with
@sorenmau
’s Mute Compulsion, just out on our website:
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Kim Moody points out the limits of romanticizing the recent strike "uptick" without slipping into a self-defeating pessimism. Given the situation on the ground, what's the path forward for working-class struggle?
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Spectre’s
@AshleyAreeSmith
interviewed Ukrainian political economist
@YPYurchenko
on the politics of self-determination in the context of the ongoing war. Not to be missed!
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.
@Kyle_Kubler
analyzes the desires and realities of physical culture in the Soviet Union in the immediate aftermath of the October Revolution:
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Happy holidays from all of us at Spectre! Here’s a dozen of our most read pieces this year:
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Sometimes we have to let titles speak for themselves.
This is the case, for example, for our editor Tithi Bhattacharya's latest. Subtitle: "We Need to Return to the Summer of BLM Uprising"...
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We're all pretty excited to be posting
@CharlotteERosen
's review of Joshua Leifer's Tablets Shattered tomorrow (8/27).
Here's a link to another great piece Charlotte wrote for
@nplusonemag
from 2022:
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Save the date! Spectre is holding a discussion on the state of the neoliberal university on November 23, 5 pm EST...
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Issue 2 will arrive in subscribers' mailboxes over the next few days. It includes a brilliant intervention from the late Neil Davidson on the relationship between anti-oppression struggles and class struggle. Subscribe with the link below!
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Our editorial statement on Ukraine:
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Seán Mitchell writes about the resurgence of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland
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We're thrilled to announce two new additions to our editorial board this May Day: Amanda Armstrong-Price and Aaron Jaffe ♥️⚒️
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Our editor
@grundrza
interviewed
@Rgnhardliner
(Geoffrey Myint) about the recent coup in Myanmar. How should we understand popular resistance in context? Don't miss it – Myint is the sharpest analyst of Burmese politics writing today.
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RIP Mario Tronti
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.
@nsharma101
responds to Neil Braganza's critique of her book (in our third print issue) in a new polemical essay:
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LOL that these SDS libs think they can lure us into lesser-evilism by citing Weber chiding Rosa. Go home, you're drunk.
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"As states pass new laws criminalizing abortion and medical transition, and our task becomes even more urgent, the shelters we build for ourselves can be scaffolding for the new world we fight to build."
–
@noahzazanis
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In the first issue of Spectre, "The Return of the Mass Strike." If you haven't yet subscribed to Spectre, there is still time to get issue 1 mailed to you. Details below!
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In our fifth issue, coming out next May, we're soliciting accounts of trans organizing outside of the US and Western Europe. What role have trans organizers played in catalyzing mass struggles? Read our call for submissions for more info:
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One week from today, with
@kdgriffit
,
@supersensuel
,
@sandyloamsandy
, and
@vcwills
: transgender Marxism against the backlash! Don’t miss it — coming July 16 to our Spectre Live! series
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.
@jean23bean
brings an internationalist perspective to bear upon the question of racism and state violence. She draws on her research in Paris to think about anti-racist struggle as a necessarily *global* enterprise.
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Alex Adamson reviews
@genderhorizon
's new book 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦, out now on
@PlutoPress
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In response to a
@jacobinmag
interview in which two Harvard profs paint the laissez-faire approach to Covid-19 as socialist, Michael Friedman argues that this is a dangerous, stupid, and above all, anti-worker position that has no place on the left
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You know what’s romantic? Helping a fledgling Marxist journal get its feet on the ground. Every bit helps ❤️🛠
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We're starting a new series at Spectre featuring essays from incarcerated writers and artists.
Today we're proud to publish this essay from Corey Devon Arthur. Check it out and please share widely!
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In a new interview for
@JournalSpectre
,
@EdgeofSports
(Dave Zirin) talks about the NBA players' strike and its relationship to the larger BLM movement
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Robin D.G. Kelley for Issue
#2
with a feature on racial capitalism and policing—there’s still time to subscribe before copies hit the mail.
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.
@SwatiBirla4
and Kuver Sinha explain why we can't uncritically boost an amorphous global South in the name of fighting vaccine imperialism if it means siding with the most repugnant pandemic capitalists imaginable
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Spectre is a cosponsor of this event happening tomorrow (Thursday). Tune in for an analysis of what's happening in Gaza & Palestine, & the stakes of the struggle at hand. Feat.
@4noura
,
@itranslate123
, and
@MariamBarghouti
; it will be livestreamed on
@haymarketbooks
youtube
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Pleased to share “The Virus, Capitalism, and the Long Depression”, an interview with Michael
Roberts.
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