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Genocide Leaves No Illusions Intact

As part of a symposium, in Berlin, 5 October 2024, philosopher and activist, Yasmeen Daher on how German public discourse surrounding Palestine has been silenced, impacting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the broader issue of Palestinian lives.
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The Year in 10 Books | 2024

In the era of polycrisis, these books will help you understand the past tumultuous year, and how to fight in the face of despair.
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The Rise of the Far-Right, and How We Fight Back

Books to arm yourself in facing the global rise of the far right.
Overshoot: Andreas Malm & Wim Carton

Andreas Malm and Wim Carton join Eleanor Penny to discuss climate models, resource conflicts, and the false promise of carbon capture.
Tariq Ali: A Leading Figure of the International Left

Complete your Tariq Ali bookshelf with his memoirs, detailing a life committed to writing and cultural interventions.
Faith, or The Stories We Tell

If we do not believe we can win, we will not win. How can we learn from the past in order to invent a new concept of political faith to guide us in today’s pessimistic world?
Roughage

“She wanted to dig a square hole in the dark mud, lie down in it, and wait for someone to come along and cover her up. Thank you, she would say, if they did.”
Harris lost because of Gas, Groceries, and Gaza. But the underlying reason was Ukraine

This election was both "It's the economy stupid," and a foreign policy election. Arun Gupta reflects on the result of the US presidential election.
How Did We Get Here Again?

Donald Trump has been elected (again). These are key books for understanding how we got here.
New Left Review 149, out now.

As we enter the fevered last days before the US presidential election, Anton Jäger analyses the pathologies of American political culture, where—as Engels once put it—two great gangs of political speculators battle for power; where a new hyper-politicization has replaced the quiescence of the Clinton–Bush years, while the determination of US policies remains beyond popular reach.