Vol 9No 4
Winter 2026Palestinian Dilemmas
The Palestinian liberation struggle is constrained in a way that none other has been in the modern era. This essay describes the nested and mutually reinforcing dilemmas that make a military strategy very unlikely to succeed. Breaking out of this predicament will depend on combining mass organizing with international solidarity, much the same as other anti-colonial struggles around the world.
Palestine Solidarity in the South African Mirror
Looking at the Palestine solidarity campaign through the prism of the South African anti-apartheid movement, this paper identifies strategies to put pressure on the Israeli regime from the outside. It identifies parallels between the two solidarity movements as well as crucial differences in context and discourse, with implications for political activism.
The Lessons of “Sewer Socialism”
Milwaukee’s “sewer socialists” were the most successful socialist organization in US history, running city hall and organized labor for decades. Their experience demonstrates the viability of a nondoctrinaire Marxism that pairs electoral campaigning for reforms with organizing working-class power oriented toward social democracy and socialism.
The Logic of Mass Deportation
This article reviews the immigration policies of the second Trump administration’s first year, analyzing not only the well-publicized expansion of immigration enforcement but also the quieter moves to ease employers’ access to temporary migrant workers. Taken together, they suggest that the administration’s goal is not to end immigration altogether but rather to intensify the two-tier system of workers’ rights created by America’s immigration regime.
The Leviathan and the Left
Law and Order Leviathan, David Garland’s sweeping study of mass incarceration in the United States, is both the best recent book on the subject and an ideal guide for students and activists. It shows unequivocally how the carceral state is anchored in the American political economy and helps chart a path toward its taming.
How Can Workers Organize Against Capital Today?
John Womack’s labor strategy is about workers finding the capacity to "wound capital to make it yield anything.” But the massive challenge in today’s deindustrialized economy is locating where that leverage actually lies.
New Labour Totally Subordinated Labour to Capital
Why was New Labour “intensely relaxed” about “people getting filthy rich”? The answer lies in a comprehensive analysis and critique of Labourism itself, which the new book Futures of Socialism fails to deliver.
Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital
Austerity policies have their roots in efforts by economic elites to crush working-class power after WWI and redistribute income upward. To reverse austerity, democratic control over economic policymaking is essential.
How Did the Paris Commune Shape British Culture?
British literary responses to the Paris Commune of 1871 expressed shock and fear about the collapse of the bourgeois social order. But they also registered sympathy with the Communards and their revolutionary aspirations.
Culture Can’t Explain the Arab Revolts
Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprising shows how the Arab revolts empowered democratic citizenship. But a focus on vibrant cultural creativity is no substitute for concrete analysis of political agency and economic structure.
“Settler Colonialism” Can’t Fully Explain Our World
Settler colonialism is often described as a singular, transnational mode of domination. But it’s impossible to understand colonialism without political economy and material interests.